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KevinPayravi / indie-wiki-buddy

Browser extension that automatically notifies and redirects you to independent wikis.
https://getindie.wiki
MIT License
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Extension requires new permission #383

Closed Tiagoquix closed 11 months ago

Tiagoquix commented 11 months ago

The new update requires the following permission: Block content on any page.

I would like to know why.

Thanks in advance.

KevinPayravi commented 11 months ago

Hi @Tiagoquix - the Block content on any page permission comes from declarativeNetRequest, which allows IWB to block or modify network requests in a privacy-friendly way, as declarativeNetRequest doesn't provide access to the request content.

declarativeNetRequest is used to append an x-indie-wiki header whenever you visit BreezeWiki. This header informs BreezeWiki that you have Indie Wiki Buddy enabled, and whether BreezeWiki redirecting is turned on. This is to allow BreezeWiki to customize itself for a better experience (such as hiding their own redirect banners and/or hiding their IWB promotional banners), though these features haven't been implemented by BreezeWiki yet. This is also described in our privacy policy.

This permission has been in IWB since 2.0.0 for Chrome, but was just added for Firefox in 3.2.0 since they added support for declarativeNetRequest earlier this year.

eirnym commented 11 months ago

I'd like to opt out of this feature. It's enough for me that I have redirects enabled and I don't want to any plugin to interfere with my traffic and my experience.

KevinPayravi commented 8 months ago

As of v3.4.0, declarativeNetRequest has been removed and IWB no longer appends a header to BreezeWiki requests. See https://github.com/KevinPayravi/indie-wiki-buddy/issues/393#issuecomment-1876744860