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Bug 1467417
Opened 6 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
Optionally allow WebExtensions to block requests from other extensions
Categories
(WebExtensions :: Request Handling, enhancement, P3)
WebExtensions
Request Handling
Tracking
(Not tracked)
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People
(Reporter: 5i13ghzt462u, Unassigned)
References
(Depends on 1 open bug)
Details
(Whiteboard: [privacy])
As discussed in https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/side-view-privacy-features/29171, the current "Side View" add-on has a big problem:
Tracking blockes or other add-ons cannot access the side bar.
IMHO, this is really bad, as it is a fundamental privacy issue for such add-ons which basically only load third-party content.
So it would be great if add-ons have a way to declare that other WebExtensions can do stuff on their web pages. I imagine it like this:
* "Side View" sets a property in their manifest (or so) for their sidebar/popup etc. like "addon_access" = true.
* PrivacyBadger, uBlock Origin and other add-ons can use a new permission – or some kind of host permission, whatever – to access these and block trackers, etc.
In such a way, everything would stay backwards-compatible.
Updated•6 years ago
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Component: Untriaged → WebExtensions: Untriaged
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Updated•6 years ago
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Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions
Updated•6 years ago
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Component: Untriaged → Request Handling
Summary: Optionally allow WebExtensions to access other add-on's HTML → Optionally allow WebExtensions to block requests from other extensions
Updated•6 years ago
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Priority: -- → P3
Updated•6 years ago
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Whiteboard: [privacy]
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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