When I was sixteen years I received the exact same email from Google, and was then permanently banned from the chrome web store.
Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension
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#252I've been using Pushbullet in FF and on my iOS devices for years, but need to find a replacement as the app was removed[1] from the App Store.
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/PushBullet/comments/eirc1m/not_avai...
Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension
#253Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe you're supposed to use Native Messaging for that: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/nativeMessaging
This may be well what needs to change, but in any case the message from Google should have been explicit about it instead of the dev involved having to create a blog post, hope it gets traction on HN and that someone here knows what the problem is.
Yes and no, I would be glad if Google in general could get much much better at this but in this specific case I'm sorry but http://* and localhost access is not a hidden small thing.
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#254You are the victim of an algorithm. No people and no accountability, thats how they roll.
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#255As much as we can criticise Google's handling of this situation, the fact that the developer was able to reduce permissions from accessing data on _all websites_ down to _their website_, as well as tighten up a few other permissions, shows that Google is correct that the extension is asking for more than it needs. I hope the developer finds another load of permissions they can tighten up, resubmits, and is approved.…
The big crime isn't the request to reduce permissions. The big crime is the lack of details and lack of communication. It's having to drop everything and work in a panic trying to guess how to please the faceless mysterious robot.
yeah, it would make way more sense to codify the policy and just tell devs that they are using banned functionality or something.
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#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chrome is a trivially easy product to switch off of compared to other Google properties like Gmail and YouTube. Have you tried Firefox recently?
ProtonMail has come a long way as a replacement for Gmail as well. Suuuper happy with them, they're really responsive to feature requests and support inquiries. I requested for an iOS feature to choose browsers so I could open all links from PM in Firefox. They had it implemented in a month or something... it a quick fix but that impressed me. hence me shilling here They recently added ProtonCalendar too.
I have happily paid for ProtonMail for the past couple of years. I moved all my important email (i.e. anything involving money) off of gmail.
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#257Earlier quoted context omitted.
One worry about tying your identity to your own domain, is the security of your identity (aka your domain) hinges on the security of your registrar. If a bad actor can socially engineer their way into controlling your domain, your entire identity is compromised. Here's a blog post about this nightmare happening to someone: https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-...
So, which ones are the good registrars?
I generally trust the major cloud providers a bit more than the companies focused on acting as a domain registrar.
The domain registrars are generally a race to the bottom and focused on "add-on" sales as most people are shopping on price and that's going to reflect in the overall quality of the things that most people don't really notice like, y'know, security and validation.
You don't hear a lot of stories about Amazon/GCP/Azure handing over someone's entire account based on a couple digits of a credit card number and it would be a PR nightmare if they did (hell, look at the flak they catch just for the data that people leave public on their services that ends up released... imagine if they handed it to someone). An active account with 2FA/etc enabled and a secure recovery email is probably safe enough for most people.
Spend the extra couple bucks to register through one of those guys instead of JimbosDiscountDomains.
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#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
ProtonMail has come a long way as a replacement for Gmail as well. Suuuper happy with them, they're really responsive to feature requests and support inquiries. I requested for an iOS feature to choose browsers so I could open all links from PM in Firefox. They had it implemented in a month or something... it a quick fix but that impressed me. hence me shilling here They recently added ProtonCalendar too.
I have happily paid for ProtonMail for the past couple of years. I moved all my important email (i.e. anything involving money) off of gmail.
I as well. Gmail is now my spam account. Very happy with ProtonMail.
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#259I'm in the same boat. My open source chrome extension[1] has just been taken down[2] after several years of no complaints because it apparently violated content policies related to nudity and pornography. Say what? Well, I guess you could view _any_ image using my extension, including nudes. Isn't that the problem with most other extensions which could be used on porn sites, like editing cookies, etc? I've submitted it for re-review but I'm not holding much hopes.
[1] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom [2] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/issues/512
Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension
#260Another long-term PushBullet customer here. Anyone at Google who is listening- this kind of behavior kills my desire to continue using your products dead. I need functionality, of the type PushBullet has provided for years, to do my work. The recent nerfing of ublock origin has already had me feeling iffy on things. Behavior like this is simply unacceptable. If you want people to use your services, you need to have s…
Chrome is a trivially easy product to switch off of compared to other Google properties like Gmail and YouTube. Have you tried Firefox recently?
The only Google product I still use is Android. I won't switch to iOS, that's like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Sadly, the FOSS alternatives do not support Blackberry phones, and for physical reasons I _greatly_ prefer a real keyboard.