Firefox's proposed silent updates carry a security risk

As a way to speed up the process of updating Firefox, Mozilla engineers are mulling over a silent update feature, which one security expert argues is a bad idea. Currently, when Firefox detects an available update, it lets you know and if you agree to install it, the browser launches its updater program. That program downloads the update, applies it to Firefox, and restarts the browser. While all that is happening, you're twiddling your thumbs watching a progress bar on your computer screen.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/firefoxs-proposed-silent-updates-carry-security-risk-179872

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