New Version requires permission for all websites

[notune]

Just wondering why the new firefox addon version requires the permission for access to all websites, because in the older version (2.0.5) only access to the following sites were required:

• ddg-webapp-aagd.vercel.app
• chat.openai.com

Is the new permission really necessary? Also, in the addon store this addon is promoted with: "We only ask for bare minimum permissions and do not collect any user data."

[oneandonlyjason]

Its the same for the Chrome Addon Store

[qunash]

Hey, yes, by popular request the latest version is now fully serverles – duckduckgo SERP scraping and URL text extraction now happen locally in the browser. There's no more need for the https://ddg-webapp-aagd.vercel.app/ backend, which I will sunset shortly.

This means that the extension needs access to all websites.

See full changelog in v3.1.5 release notes

[oneandonlyjason]

It uses Information from DuckDuckGo right? Would it be possible to only Request the Permissions for ChatGPT and DuckDuckGo then?

[qunash]

@oneandonlyjason, you can restrict access to only a set of specific sites on the extension details page. In Сhrome it is located at chrome://extensions/?id=lpfemeioodjbpieminkklglpmhlngfcn

Here is the bare minimum needed for the extension to function:

But keep in mind that with these settings you won't be able to use the /page: command or duckduckgo bangs to extract text from any web page not on that list.

[azat-ismagilov]

This does not work by default. Maybe I need to change something?

[notune]

OK so basically it's this page command that is needing the "access to all websites" permission. So I am going to close this issue. Thank you for clarifying.