Reviews for FoxyProxy Standard
FoxyProxy Standard by Eric Jung
Review by lfkempe
Rated 1 out of 5
by lfkempe, 9 years agoSeriously? Permission to download files and change download history? sounds sketchy...
Otherwise I have been using foxyproxy for 5+ years or so and love it, and I understand firefox >= 57 is a big change and it will probably take some time to get thing working as it should again, but i won't use a plugin with those permissions.
Otherwise I have been using foxyproxy for 5+ years or so and love it, and I understand firefox >= 57 is a big change and it will probably take some time to get thing working as it should again, but i won't use a plugin with those permissions.
Developer response
posted 9 years agoThe previous FoxyProxy, which you've been using for 5 years, had those permissions and even more: in fact, it had unfettered access to your entire computer (just like every other legacy Firefox addon). It had the ability format your hard drive or steal your passwords. That's because Firefox 56 and earlier didn't have restrictions for addons... at all. The new version of FoxyProxy is much more restricted because of this permissions system.
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Permission to "download files" is required for exporting your settings to a file (which you can then share to other devices for importing). That is how Firefox chose to allow add-ons to write to the local filesytem: you have to trick Firefox into thinking that writing a file (your exported settings) is really a download. The "download history" permission is required simply because Firefox does not allow add-ons to specify just "download files" without "download history". Internally, nothing is done with download history. This is open source software and you can view the code yourself at https://code.getfoxyproxy.org
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Permission to "download files" is required for exporting your settings to a file (which you can then share to other devices for importing). That is how Firefox chose to allow add-ons to write to the local filesytem: you have to trick Firefox into thinking that writing a file (your exported settings) is really a download. The "download history" permission is required simply because Firefox does not allow add-ons to specify just "download files" without "download history". Internally, nothing is done with download history. This is open source software and you can view the code yourself at https://code.getfoxyproxy.org
1,007 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Alt Grey, 3 days agoIt do not work on the browser start for the first moments. So, the browser loads previously opened tabs without using a proxy.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14274837, 6 days agoSince I am unable to directly reply to other users' comments, I am commenting here instead.
Regarding the issue reported by some users that the extension cannot be used, it is suggested to try changing the value of the "network.proxy.type" setting in about:config. If the value is 0, you can try changing it to 1. If it is PAC, you can change it to 5. - Rated 1 out of 5by cxtbs, 25 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18104331, 25 days agoWorks very well and the dev responds on GitHub, which is a great extra.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 19981530, 25 days ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by daydreaming, 2 months agoFor almost a year now, FoxyProxy hasn’t been functioning properly. The extension keeps staying connected to the very first city that was selected during the initial setup. Even when changing the location in the settings, it still remains stuck on that original city.
The developers seriously need to investigate this issue. Me and several other users have been experiencing the same problem, and the only temporary fix seems to be uninstalling and reinstalling the extension completely. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18586574, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by liberty, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by TheSketty, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19822245, 3 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by logika, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19689787, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18285082, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19438688, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19734710, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Thomas, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Darias, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ali3n, 6 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by John, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Lulu5239, 7 months agoWorks and the log feature is useful, but there is a chance that this slows down my phone's performance when watching videos, even without any proxy selected. I now disable this extension when not actually using it.