Chrome addon permissions are terrifying. 'Access your data on all websites', 'Access your tabs and browsing history'.

All this when the code is a one-liner:

   chrome.extension.sendRequest({ spdy: window.chrome.loadTimes().wasFetchedViaSpdy });

It's not the extension's fault, but Google's. I guess they want us to get used to ignoring the scary permissions?

(Also, wouldn't it be good if the Chrome store had a link to the developer / source? All I could find on there was a username 'rauchg')

I remember at the last Google I/O the Chrome team said they were working on a more granular permissions system and recognized how scary "Access your data on all websites" was. Not sure when that's supposed to debut though.

Hmmm, it's interesting to compare that to android permissions. I feel that android permissions are much better in terms of being readable.

Erm, it doesn't light up on HN for me.