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0 pointsDalewyn3y ago0 comments

>I don't understand why people are so confused about permissions.

I don't understand why people (read: devs) still assume permissions are read and understood.

The vast majority of people simply do not read nor understand permissions and just instantly hit the OK button. Even Linus from LinusTechTips doesn't read permissions, and he's even a tech guru unlike most people.

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dcow3y ago

So hopefully the Chrome store review process is the nanny they need.

The only thing that has permission to read and modify website data on my browsers is my password manager. I trust it. Without that permission it could not operate and provide me immense value. Yes, I would be hosed if it got pwned. It's a calculated risk on my part.

One cannot live in a world where we have the benefits of browser extensions and also disallow all behavior that could ever possibly be used for bad. It's an inconsistent worldview.

ClumsyPilot3y ago

> hopefully the Chrome store review process is the nanny they need.

This is very disrespectrull.

When you supply exhaustive documentation of your software, how it works, what it does, to users, then you can mock them.

dcow3y ago

What are you talking about? I'm not mocking anybody. We have app store reviews because it's a known fact that not all users read or care about permissions. My point is simply that those safeguards exist for those users and they seem to be working rather well.

sp3323y ago

A nanny is for kids. Saying someone needs a nanny can be pejorative.

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dcow3y ago

So hopefully the Chrome store review process is the nanny they need.

One cannot live in a world where we have the benefits of browser extensions and also disallow all behavior that could ever possibly be used for bad. It's an inconsistent worldview.

ClumsyPilot3y ago

> hopefully the Chrome store review process is the nanny they need.

This is very disrespectrull.

When you supply exhaustive documentation of your software, how it works, what it does, to users, then you can mock them.

dcow3y ago

sp3323y ago

A nanny is for kids. Saying someone needs a nanny can be pejorative.

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