Most extensions don't need much access, but this one does price comparisons as you browse. How else would it work unless it knows what you browse? Perhaps using

Most extensions don't need much access, but this one does price comparisons as you browse. How else would it work unless it knows what you browse? Perhaps using activeTab could work, that might even be something I would use. http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/activeTab.html http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/activeTab.html At least these extensions are .js files that you can read and that Chrome does tell you what it can access (and lets you see that after they are installed). A lot better than the situation for desktop software.