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BlackGlory / copycat

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Why permission "See browsing history" in Chrome? #7

Closed angularsen closed 5 years ago

angularsen commented 5 years ago

This seems a bit intrusive for a copy-link feature, why is this needed?

BlackGlory commented 5 years ago

It is permission "tabs", the "tabs" permission is required in order to populate the url, title, and favIconUrl properties of Tab, some features require it.

I think Chrome's tips are misleading, maybe I should explain the role of each permission in the description of the next version.

angularsen commented 5 years ago

Thanks for clarifying 👍 Yes Chrome's permissions are awfully broad and generic :-/

angularsen commented 5 years ago

I wish Chrome had a more on-a-need-basis permission, granting certain permissions only when you want to use a particular feature or for a certain page - or when actively interacting with a Chrome plugin.