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Re:Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as 'fbclid... by gruez on Saturday February 22, 2020 @12:56PM (#22392291)
Then it'd probably need a privacy policy and/or disclaimer in the addon description, which in turn would cause people to find out and downrate it to obscurity.
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Re:Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as 'fbclid... by nickjj on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:57PM (#22393901)
Are you saying it wouldn't get accepted during the review unless it had that in the description?

That seems like a dangerous rule to live by if an extension is allowed to collect all of that information and it's auto-opt-in based on it existing somewhere buried in a privacy policy or long description.

We really only ever notice the permission setting because the browser puts that in front of us before agreeing to install it and it's usually a 1 liner like "hey, this extension can access everything about your browsing history".

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