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Re:Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackabl... by andreareina on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:50AM (#20563618)
I think there's a lot of room for finer-grained permissions. Why is it that removing (uBlock Origin), adding (Stylus), and modifying (Privacy Badger) elements all require the same permissions?
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Re:Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackabl... by LocalH on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:30AM (#20564633)
Because all three of those are, at the core, the very same thing? Whether removing, adding, or modifying, you're changing the contents of the HTML/CSS.

Whether it should be done in a more finely grained way, not sure, but if you have the permissions to modify then by definition you have the permission to remove or add content.

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