In 80 Days, Google Will Require Chrome Extensions To Request 'The Least Amount of Data'

'"Google is giving Chrome extension makers until October 15 to
minimize the amount of data they collect during browser sessions or
face expulsion from the Chrome Web Store," reports PC Magazine:

The change addresses how the extensions generally need to request
certain permissions from your browser in order to function. However,
some of these permissions can be pretty powerful; they can include the
ability to take desktop screenshots, capture audio from a microphone,
and collect data from the local file system, among other things, which
can open the door to potential abuse.

The risks prompted Google to work toward securing the 180,000+ Chrome
extensions on the company's official web store. "We're requiring
extensions to only request access to the least amount of data," the
company said in a Tuesday blog post. "While this has previously been
encouraged of developers, now we're making this a requirement for all
extensions."'

-- source: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/07/27/0420225

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
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