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lowbloodsugar on March 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't fuck with paste

But WHY do they need that permission? They dont need it to implement the paste behavior. Looks super sus to me.

ambigious7777 on March 8, 2024 [–]

The extension needs to re-enable paste, which means it needs to possibly inject some JS into the page.

lowbloodsugar on March 8, 2024 | [–]

And they need a tab event to do that? Or could it just be done with a button on the toolbar.

One doesn't need broad security permissions.

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