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Huh? You're asking why does time pass? I mean if you were asking about like a single player video game then I guess this makes sense, but the whole point of a web browser is like browsing the web. Tim's crap hypermedia thing for the Internet?

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Since it's about addons (and not https connections) the same approach as with code-signing certificates could be used. For code signing it only matters that the certificate was valid at the time of signing, not when the signed resource is used.

E.g. when the certificate expires, any resource signed with that certificate while it still was valid continues to be usable, you just can't sign any new releases with the expired certificate.

This requires a trusted timestamp, which is possible, you just have to think of it when you are designing the system.

A "cunning plan" to force upgrades? :-)

That only works with a timestamp service

I'm asking why my computer cares what time it is before it executes a piece of code. I put it there. Mozilla gave me permission at the time. I shouldn't need it again later. Code signing is DRM.

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