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Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by nojito on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:38PM (#23265742)
Extension devs are notoriously lazy in that they just build first without thinking about the bare minimum permissions that they need to function.

I believe Pushbullet got caught using too many permissions recently.

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Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by gowld on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:40PM (#23266381)
Browsers don't provide simple tools to audit permission needs.
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