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This is something along those lines, right? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_messaging https://developer.mozilla.or

• shawnz 5y ago
  This isn't really what I want: This allows the extension to communicate with a native app, and that's often used to implement password managers. But actually I would prefer if extensions don't use native components at all, especially password managers. What I want is an API for extensions to hook into the built-in password field detection and auto-fill mechanisms of the browser, while providing their own storage mechanism for the password data (maybe by connecting to a cloud service or something). This would avoid every password manager having to re-implement its own workflows for those things.
  • jmartrican 5y ago
    Yeah this is a cool idea. And maybe u can host it yourself, or signup to a pw manager. There should be a protocol for this stuff.