Mozilla is planning to implement silent background updates in the upcoming version of Firefox 10, which could be very bad news on the security front, according to Philip Lieberman, CEO of Lieberman Software. While many IT security systems will have to be reconfigured to allow background updates to Firefox – which is not a good thing in the first place – there is danger that hackers could subvert the update system to allow them backdoor access to the users’ computer.

It could be argued that "Windows Update" many of which are silent or transparent could be subverted.

The Mozilla proposal/development for a "silent" updater makes far more sense where it is been done as the browser closes rather than at start up which is the currentl process, especially when you have to close the browser "to complete the update" when you only opened it two minutes before.


If you want to keep track of the development you can do so here

I don't believe this, can you show some source?

Originally Posted by talksfour

I don't believe this, can you show some source?

Google is a good tool for research......

There are several articles available...
Including one that claims the silent updates will wait for version 12.....))))))))))))))