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by darklrd 4536 days ago
They seem to have an automated review process unless the extension is flagged for manual review. Source - https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/faq#faq-gen-0....
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tomswartz07 4536 days ago
In my experience, the review is only for the first upload. Updates don't seem to be reviewed?
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bronsoja 4536 days ago
Yeah, seems like they should maybe institute some type of manual review for any type of "global" permissions. It would impede the well-behaving apps that legitimately need global permissions, but it might be worth it.
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aragot 4535 days ago
... or incentive them not to request universe permissions.
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