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>with no user activation or notification What? By choosing to install the extension you are activating it.

• wnevets 4y ago
  Do you also apply this logic to all other forms of hardware and software? For example TVs that spy on what you're watching.
  • unknownaccount 4y ago
    When I install any piece of software I assume it could do anything and everything on the system.
    • madeofpalk 4y ago
      I don't think most people operate under this assumption, or do not reckon with this.
      • deleted 4y ago
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  • xg15 4y ago
    We all do. A native app you install on a phone or desktop can do all sorts of things.
    • PeterisP 4y ago
      A native app you install on a phone has a strictly limited sandbox and a permission model, and if it can silently read all clipboard without user interaction, that would be a bug that needs fixing.
      • xg15 4y ago
        A native app on Android can install OS hooks for all sorts of things (such as, "you connected to a WIFI network", "you took a photo", etc) and thereby can silently react to events while it is not even running. This is intended and requires the appropriate permissions to be given. In the same way, I don't see the problem with an extension monitoring the clipboard as long as the user has to give explicit permission for it.