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Re:Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience by hagreet on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:54AM (#20175453)
Could somebody please explain the selection of required permissions to me? For example, why does it need: "Access browsing history", "Access browser tabs"?
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Re:Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience by plibither8 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:57AM (#20175498)
To "hide read stories", the extension needs to check whether the link has been opened in the past, ie, if it is present in the history.

To open links in new tabs, but in the background, and to communicate between the popup and active instances of Hacker News, the extension requires the "tabs" permission.

All code is completely open-sourced on the GitHub repository, too!

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