Google Will Change How Chrome Extensions Access Data in 2021 (venturebeat.com) 9
At Chrome Dev Summit 2020 today, Google announced it will change how extensions access data and how extension permissions work in 2021. On January 18, a day before the release of Chrome 88, Google will require that every extension publicly display its privacy practices and will limit what developers can do with the data they collect. From a report: The first change means that Chrome users next year will determine which websites an extension can access when they browse the web. Once you grant an extension permission to access a website's data, that preference can be saved for that domain. Today, the extension makes that call. In 2021, you will still be able to grant an extension access to all the websites you visit, but that won't be the default. Google outlined the second change last month: "each extension's detail page in the Chrome Web Store will show developer-provided information about the data collected by the extension, in clear and easy to understand language." The company also updated its user data privacy policy with an addition to how extension developers use data they collect.
Okay Google (Score:5, Insightful)
You first !!! Tell me everything the browser is collecting and be able to turn off (either known or unknown).
Re: (Score:3)
The answer to your queries are "Yes." We are collecting everything and yes you can turn the software off.
Google will watch the Extensions! (Score:2)
Now who is watching the watcher, I wonder. Can one even watch the watcher?
Nothing to see here (Score:2)
The first change means that Chrome users next year will determine which websites an extension can access when they browse the web.
I think they mean that Chrome will decide which websites an extension can access, with some input from the users.
Chrome default settings or weird bugs will make or break extensions (or possibly even websites). The wording makes it sounds like blacklisting by default.
In 2021, you will still be able to grant an extension access to all the websites you visit, but that won't be the default.
Death of uBlock Origin, Tampermonkey, User Agent.. (Score:2)
Right now (as of ~81) Chrome will load first website from previously saved session without waiting for extensions to initialize - all privacy/blocker extensions are ignored on first page load, "run_at": "document_start" is not obeyed, because loading first website 200ms faster once per daily session is more important than loading adblocker! https://github.com/Tampermonke... [github.com]
The 'making extensions safer for everyone' Manifest V3 keeps the ability to spy on all traffic, but removes ability to modify headers/bl
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~citizenr
This is one of the steps in a battle against general computing. https://boingboing.net/2012/01... [boingboing.net] You no longer own a computer, you own a Google Web Appliance.
You don't think it's more accurate to argue one no longer "owns" the browser on their computer? In the sense of pwned or pwnage?