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Google Updates Chrome Web Store Review Process and Sets New Extension Code Requirements (venturebeat.com)
Google is finally turning its attention to Chrome Web Store. On Monday, the company announced a range of big changes that would make the online store more secure for customers. From a report: The first two are happening now: Developers are being subjected to a more rigorous review process, and the Chrome Web Store no longer accepts obfuscated JavaScript files. In a couple of weeks, Chrome users will get the option to restrict host access for their extensions. And in 2019, two more changes will take effect: Chrome Web Store developer accounts will require 2-step verification, and Google will introduce manifest version 3 of the extensions platform.
[...] Effective today, extensions that request powerful permissions will be subject to additional compliance review. Google doesn't offer much detail here, but it does say your extension's permissions should be as narrowly scoped as possible and all your code should be included directly in the extension package to minimize review time. If your extension uses remotely hosted code, Google will also be taking a closer look (and will monitor on an ongoing basis).
[...] Effective today, extensions that request powerful permissions will be subject to additional compliance review. Google doesn't offer much detail here, but it does say your extension's permissions should be as narrowly scoped as possible and all your code should be included directly in the extension package to minimize review time. If your extension uses remotely hosted code, Google will also be taking a closer look (and will monitor on an ongoing basis).
Just lock people into the internet is yours, Google.
https://www.youtube.com/c/BrendaEM
They will just ignore the permissions and install something that collects their data.
http://progressquest.com/spoltog.php?name=Son+Of+Son+Of+DarkRookie
I'm just curious if people get paid to manually post this stuff or if there is some program that is systematically posting these.
I guess the more people read a statement the less outlandish it seems and eventually just normal.
I don't run chrome on my desktop and laptop for several reasons, but on my android smartphone, which includes Chrome as the default browser, I don't run it because of the licensing.
The Chrome license includes an Adobe license, due to their using an Adobe product as a component.
The Adobe license, while apparently intended as a no-reverse-engineering prohibition, amounts to a non-compete that would forever taint my ability to work on software similar to Adobe's.
(Clicking "accept" on a cellphone can be expected to leave a database record that is personally identifiable by its connection to my cellphone account with the carrier.)
So I haven't activated it. At the moment, having not gotten around to installing a replacement browser (and figuring out how to do so without use of the un-enabled Chrome browser) I don't have browser-based functions on the cellphone. This largely cripples it as a smartphone.
(Fortunately I can get by using it as a "dumb phone" and tethering it to my laptop (currently using Firefox) when I really need to get on the net. The latter works great. But it's a pain if I'm on the move.)
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
It just seems like a lot of effort for something that I doubt people even look at.
Well, these and the racist and sex jokes make it harder and harder for me to risk using this site at work. Work wise, that is probably a good thing. I'd really hate a coworker to come up to me and see those comments and assume without actually talking with me.