> [Q] Do I understand from this that Mozilla can just update my browser settings remotely without my updating‽
> [A] Yes. This is part of the “Remote settings” service, which we can use to ship or unship features (or gradually) or recover from breakage (like here!). We mostly use it as a backend for Firefox Sync and certificate revocation lists. Technically, we could also ship a new Firefox executable and undo / change settings, but that would realistically take many more hours. Needless to says, every “large” software project has these capabilities.
This is new to me. Can anyone tell me which other "large" projects have this capability?
> [Q] Do I understand from this that Mozilla can just update my browser settings remotely without my updating‽
> [A] Yes. This is part of the “Remote settings” service, which we can use to ship or unship features (or gradually) or recover from breakage (like here!). We mostly use it as a backend for Firefox Sync and certificate revocation lists. Technically, we could also ship a new Firefox executable and undo / change settings, but that would realistically take many more hours. Needless to says, every “large” software project has these capabilities.
This is new to me. Can anyone tell me which other "large" projects have this capability?