HN Favourite Users

Name: HN Favourite Users
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Jan Hančič

Highlights your favourite users on Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/)

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-03-10

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This extension allows you to highlight any Hacker News user on any HN page, so you'll never miss new comments and submissions from your favourite users again.

This was made as a small thank you to the HN community who has given me so much, but asked nothing in return.

Source code of the extension is freely available on GitHub: https://github.com/janhancic/hn-favourite-users

Extension

By:

Jan Hančič

Users:

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2013-10-14

Creation date:

2013-10-14

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
https://news.ycombinator.com/*

Size:

1.09MB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

2 years ago

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Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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