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Why does it need access to my browser history?
by jclos 8y ago
Why does it need access to my browser history?
- calmchaos 8y agoIn manifest.json it requests the following permissions: "permissions": [ "tabs", "https://www.googleapis.com/" https://www.googleapis.com/", "identity", "notifications" ] "tabs" is just needed to check if Kanbanly is already open in another tab. If yes, activate that tab instead of opening a new tab. The side effect of this permission is that Chrome claims the extensions has access to browsing history (which is incorrect since that would require "history" permission). So it's really a Chrome bug and the WebExtension does not access your history or any content in tabs whatsoever.
- jclos 8y agoThanks for the clarification. Google should really revamp Chrome's permission system because it makes installing apps difficult.