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Google Talk Syntax Highlighting

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Asking for too much permissions to my taste.

So, it obviously needs permission to modify mail.google.com, as that's where the Google Chat boxes are that it is messing with. The only other thing it wants is "storage" (which Google considers harmless enough that it doesn't even generate a wanring).

Maybe but when I see "All data on your computer and the websites you visit

This item contains an NPAPI plug-in.

Caution: NPAPI plug-ins can do almost anything, in or outside of your browser. For example, they could use your webcam, or they could read your personal files."

it kind of put me off. And I see it on a lot of extensions. Maybe permissions system is too coarse, I don't know.

you clicked on "Learn more" and read the wrong alert. It's a Medium Alert with "Your data on {list of websites}"

Right, I understand now. I read too fast, my apologies. Still that link is misleading because it made me feel I was going to have more information on _that_ extension in particular, not a generic page talking about permissions in general.

Now I'm wondering if the android market isn't clearer in show that king of information. Lesson learned, I'll check more carefully next time.

Thanks for correcting me.

Yup, you can see right in the manifest file that it can only access mail.google.com: - https://github.com/pehrlich/GTalkSyntax/blob/master/manifest...

And view all the source code, right here: https://github.com/pehrlich/GTalkSyntax/blob/master/javascri... (This is the one file that does almost all the work)

I really would like to make it as safe and constrained as possible, but by nature this is working with personal data. I think the best thing I can do is to keep it all open source, think about privacy, and encourage people to read the code as much as possible.

Anyway, thanks for having a look!

As stated below, I miss read. I'll have another look then.

Everyone should try this!

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