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jswanner / DontF-WithPaste

Google Chrome extension that prevents the blocking of pasting into input fields
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dont-fuck-with-paste/nkgllhigpcljnhoakjkgaieabnkmgdkb
MIT License
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Analytics to see common websites that block pasting #73

Closed nitrocode closed 6 years ago

nitrocode commented 6 years ago

I use this extension because I use a password manager to create passwords and login and so it's useful for websites where it's blocked for changing passwords, logging in, security questions, etc.

After reading this, it would be nice to have an opt-in analytics for custom urls for this extension to build a global list. That list could then be used similar to adblocking lists and hopefully be a list to shame companies into allowing us to paste.

@jswanner thoughts?

jswanner commented 6 years ago

I've had others suggest similar things to me before (although, I do believe you are the first to do so in an issue). This is not something I'm interested in doing, and for a couple reasons. Firstly, I don't want to take on the responsibility of maintaining a global list; this is not a business effort for me, I don't want it to take up more of my time than it already does. Secondly, I've already had enough people thinking this extension is keeping track of their browsing history, I certainly don't want to build in something that actually sends data to a server somewhere.

nitrocode commented 6 years ago

Understandable. Would you allow importing a list of expressions from a file? subscribing to a list via a website? and export a list of expressions to a file? or accept a PR to do so?

This way you don't have to control the list.

jswanner commented 6 years ago

I'm fine with a simple export/import process. Adding some kind of subscription mechanism does not sound appealing, due to the complexity of dealing with local changes and such.

jswanner commented 6 years ago

I'm sure some people encounter far more bad actors than I do, but I only have 2 sites currently configured for this extension, and I'm only on those sites once every month or 2.

This extension can cause more harm than good if it's running on sites/pages it shouldn't be, which is why I tried to make it easier for people to configure it for themselves (granted, knowledge of Regular Expressions is a barrier).

It's a pretty quick process to activate this extension for the current site you are visiting, so much so that I would rather activate it as needed than have it unknowingly running on more sites than needed.