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This permission is harmless because native messaging only allows an extension to communicate with a specific native companion program that has to be installed/e
by resoluteteeth 5y ago
This permission is harmless because native messaging only allows an extension to communicate with a specific native companion program that has to be installed/enabled outside if firefox.
If you don't install the companion program, this permission won't do anything.
It does not allow the extension to run arbitrary programs.
- dcormier 5y agoThe permission request should probably be reworded to make that more clear.
- ComodoHacker 5y agoWhere and how is this program specified? Can malware impersonate itself as a "companion program" and collect user activity data?
- resoluteteeth 5y agoIt's just specified in a manifest file in a specific location on Linux or referenced in a registry key on windows, so sure, if you already have malware running on your computer I suppose it could do that (assuming the messages sent by the extension contain browsing data) but there would probably be easier ways for it to collect your data.