Open Bug 1413350 Opened 7 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Show users when an extension is modifying the current tab

Categories

(WebExtensions :: Frontend, enhancement, P3)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
Frontend
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(firefox57 wontfix)

Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- wontfix

People

(Reporter: andy+bugzilla, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

If an extension is processing events that do not have explicit user interface, but could have a consequence on the page they are looking at, we could let the user know.

Examples could be: if the extension has asked for the host permission and could be doing webRequest or if the extension has asked to insert a content script.

We could tie this to the general "show a user all the permissions" thing, or surface this in the URL bar as they are using that site.
Not much point in "could be" when we can just as easily get to "is"
Summary: Show users when an extension could be acting on a domain → Show users when an extension is modifying the current tab
It depends upon the definitions of "could be" or "is". I was assuming we could do this relatively cheaply by examining the permissions. Would you have something more in mind?
status-firefox57: --- → wontfix
Priority: -- → P3
Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions
Severity: normal → S3
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