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25thhour on March 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Page Speed Online

Umm the Chrome extension states it can access: "All data on your computer and the websites you visit".

Say what?

1880 on March 31, 2011 [–]

It's very common. It's a limitation/feature of the Chrome API. If you want to make an extension that can be run on any page, this warning will appear.

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