Forum mod spyware?
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I have been using the extension for this forum for a long time, which inverts the colors.
But yesterday I stop working and when looking at the extensions I get a message that was disabled for security reasons because I could read my data and control my downloads.
Knowing that the creator is a user of this forum, I wanted to ask if it should be taken seriously or if it is a false alarm. -
I'm pretty sure (99,9%) it is a false positive.
I still trust and use it. @luetage -
It's possible the creator made an update to the extension which requires additional permissions. Chrome would block this when it updated until you accept the new permissions.
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Lol
Yeah, I made several updates to the extension, one of the new features needs download permissions. I'm just writing a post for it. Don't be concerned, it's normal and expected behaviour. When you first install an extension, you have to approve of the permissions too. -
@luetage said in Forum mod spyware?:
Lol
Yeah, I made several updates to the extension, one of the new features needs download permissions. I'm just writing a post for it. Don't be concerned, it's normal and expected behaviour. When you first install an extension, you have to approve of the permissions too.Something like that I already imagined and for this I am quite calm and I continue to use it. I was just surprised by a little
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@Catweazle
Here the post for it: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/19728/vivaldi-forum-mod/57 -
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