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If extensions can interfere with each other's internal resources then the real breakage is in the browser's extension mechanism.
by bangonkeyboard 9y ago
If extensions can interfere with each other's internal resources then the real breakage is in the browser's extension mechanism.
- PrivWeeble 9y agoWell normally you wouldn't want one browser extension to interfere with another extension. However, there are contexts where that is very beneficial. Take a security or privacy extension which correctly identifies a harmful resource load. It doesn't matter whether that resource is being loaded in a content tab, loaded by another extension behind the scenes, or is local vs remote. It it still a harmful load. So a protective extension should be able to detect it, then inform the user and/or perform an appropriate blocking action. This, like some other special powers, is something that the user should have to explicitly grant to an extension via permissions interface.