Regardless, users have to explicitly grant that permission, thus resulting in a secondary step where extensions no longer run the moment they are installed. The old behavior that lets them see every single page open - which is needed for ad blockers - also remains an option.
You can allow extensions to run on an entire domain. Next year, Google will make these underlying controls much more prominent.Īt the moment, these third-party add-ons run “on all sites.” Moving forward, Chrome extensions will have to request site-by-site access in a move that greatly limits what browsing data can be seen by default. It’s a powerful capability that gives users the ability to restrict where an extension can run. Next year, Chrome will require users to first approve what sites an extension can access in a change to the default behavior.Ĭhrome, since 2018, has let you right-click on an extension to access a “This can read and change site data” menu with three options: From stricter disclosures to an entirely new platform, Google has been continuously working to make extensions better respect user privacy and more secure.
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