Chrome extension permissions

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Chrome extensions are powerful because they have additional permissions to perform operations that a regular website cannot. However, some permission requests may look suspicious. Watch out for extensions that requires permissions that are irrelevant to the core purpose of the extension - e.g., while an ad-blocker will likely need access to all websites, a simple new tab extension should not (unless it has a very good explanation on what it is using that permission for!)

Break down by permissions
Number of extensions requesting the given permission
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Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages 68,564
No special permissions required 51,150
Your tabs and browsing activity 45,738
Override your new tab page 23,363
Receive notifications from this app in Chrome 15,422
Your data on all websites 9,756
Capture content of screen, individual windows or tabs 5,643
Your bookmarks 5,234
Manage your apps, extensions, and themes 4,019
Data you copy and paste 3,668
Your browsing history 2,456
Your physical location 2,330
Add omnibox keyword to URL bar 1,640
Add features to Chrome Developer Tools 1,137
Override your search engine provider 1,129
Override your home page 195
Override your start up pages 169
Uses Native Client module 24
Override your history page 22
Override your bookmark page 16
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