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Created: Aug 24, 2015, 2:45:39 AM
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Hi, 
Signed Add-ons are new in version 41 of Firefox. Back in February [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/02/10/extension-signing-safer-experience/ it was announced] that for a safer Add-on experience all extentions would have to be verified and signed by Mozilla before they can be installed. 

This happens automatically for extensions hosted on addons.mozilla.org. If you are using Add-ons distributed by third-parties, they have to submit extensions to be signed first. Please inquire at the vendor of such an Add-on if they have an updated and signed version available.

The signing requirement will become mandatory in regular release and beta versions of Firefox after Firefox 42. For testing purposes it will still be possible to configure Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly versions to run unsigned addons though, for details on this see [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing].
<!--FOR contributors, if there is a specific situation where it is absolutely needed they can add this about:config entry  xpinstall.signatures.required and set it to false. Please warn them that this will cause a security risk in their browser this option will go away in version 42...so this might need to be removed-->

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Hi, Signed Add-ons are new in version 41 of Firefox. Back in February it was announced that for a safer Add-on experience all extentions would have to be verified and signed by Mozilla before they can be installed.

This happens automatically for extensions hosted on addons.mozilla.org. If you are using Add-ons distributed by third-parties, they have to submit extensions to be signed first. Please inquire at the vendor of such an Add-on if they have an updated and signed version available.

The signing requirement will become mandatory in regular release and beta versions of Firefox after Firefox 42. For testing purposes it will still be possible to configure Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly versions to run unsigned addons though, for details on this see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing.

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