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EEXCESS / chrome-extension

Chrome extension for displaying cultural and scientific resources in the context of a web page. The extension integrates other modules like C4, the Visualization Widgets and PEAS.
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[Discussion] Privacy in the chrome extension #28

Closed chseifert closed 8 years ago

chseifert commented 8 years ago

Got an comment from a user asking why on installation of the extension the following information are accessed

A) access and modification to all the browser history B) access and modification to all data on website that you browse C) access to geographical position

Could we please collect and reassess which is necessary and why.

My guesses so far A) for getting good keywords in case the external service is down B) for highlighting the current paragraph (modify the DOM tree) C) we don't need this, an artifact?

schloett commented 8 years ago

A) not used at the moment, will be removed upon next deployment B) yes, not only for highlighting, but already for getting access to the page content (finding the paragraphs, ...) and also being able to add the bar at the bottom C) not needed anymore, will be removed upon next deployment

schloett commented 8 years ago

removed the unnecessary right requests in the dev version, according to #30, requestion B) seems to be fine. Will be available in the stable version upon next major release.