[joosters]

Chrome addon permissions are terrifying. 'Access your data on all websites', 'Access your tabs and browsing history'.

All this when the code is a one-liner:

   chrome.extension.sendRequest({ spdy: window.chrome.loadTimes().wasFetchedViaSpdy });

It's not the extension's fault, but Google's. I guess they want us to get used to ignoring the scary permissions?

(Also, wouldn't it be good if the Chrome store had a link to the developer / source? All I could find on there was a username 'rauchg')

[eco]

I remember at the last Google I/O the Chrome team said they were working on a more granular permissions system and recognized how scary "Access your data on all websites" was. Not sure when that's supposed to debut though.

[akama]

Hmmm, it's interesting to compare that to android permissions. I feel that android permissions are much better in terms of being readable.