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> [...] but funnily enough require broad permissions I don't think there is a way to implement this without said permission. You can always check out the code from GitHub and install the extension locally to avoid any malicious changes in the future.
And that’s why it shouldn’t be in the Chrome app store at all. As a hobbyist developer, having that kind of access in other people’s browsers is not something I want, and I’m suspicious of developers who do seem to want it. It’s like “hey, I wrote a fun game that requires root access.” At least limit it to people who know what Github is.
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