Security: Firefox requests permissions to receive keystrokes from any app (macOS).
Is it normal for Firefox to generate a popup dialog box, stating something like "Firefox requests permission to receive keystrokes from any app in the system."? At first, I thought this was to enable copy/cut/paste via the clipboard buffer. Then I thought, "I never saw this before, why now, could this be malware trying to do something bad to my system.
Modified by firefoxx1
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Hi firefoxx1, Could it be from the Copy Link Text extension which you are using? Check the Permissions for that extension.
My_Cheese_Is_Slippin' said
Hi firefoxx1, Could it be from the Copy Link Text extension which you are using? Check the Permissions for that extension.
I don't know if that is involved or not. That extension is functioning normally, but neither FireFox nor that extention have been granted any permissions I can find in the security preferences.
When the prompt came up asking for the permissions, I did not grant them. The prompt has not reappeared.
This thread includes a screenshot.
- /questions/1261985 Why does Firefox ask for receiving keystrokes?
A Google search doesn't come up with much suggestions.