> My initial reaction is of course that linux doe snot install anything > without a password, but then I remembered that in my user activities I > was able to install a firefox extension without a password (I think), > and in principle I can install into my user area with no password > generally.
Firefox should only install an extension without warning if the site is on it's trusted list, which defaults to just mozilla.org. Obviously this assumes that the attackers haven't hacked into Mozilla's site...
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