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arnellebalane / simple-todo

A browser extension that replaces the new tab page with a simple todo list
https://simple-todo.arnelle.dev
MIT License
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Why does your extension require access to my browsing history? #55

Closed jachinte closed 3 years ago

jachinte commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I was using your extension on Firefox when an update was triggered. It seems that your extension now requires access to my browsing history. Why is that?

Thank you.

arnellebalane commented 3 years ago

Hi! Thanks for the issue, the concern is definitely understandable.

The extension doesn't actually get your browser history. Browser extensions have an API that returns returns your frequently-visited sites (around 10-12 of them depending on the browser), that's all the extension gets. This additional permission is needed to implement this feature: #50

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This feature is disabled by default, and you can enable it from the settings menu.

Rest assured those frequently-visited sites are only used to display those links and remain on your browser (you can check the code too to make sure 😅 )

jachinte commented 3 years ago

Hi,

Thank you for clarifying that! I don't usually use this kind feature so I wasn't sure.

arnellebalane commented 3 years ago

Hi! Yeah, the permission needs to be requested even though you won't be using the feature, sorry for the confusion that it's caused! :pray: