After announcing its intention to limit third-party developers’ access to Chrome’s webRequest API, which is used by many ad-blocking extensions to filter out content, Google has followed up with announcements for a few more changes meant “to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees”:
Chrome extension developers must ditch any deceptive installation tactic they have been using
Extensions must only request access to the appropriate data needed to implement their features
Extensions that handle user-provided content and personal communications must post privacy policies
Apps that use Google Drive APIs will be limited from broadly accessing content or data in Drive.
Preventing deceptive installation tactics
Extensions must be marketed responsibly, Google says, and from July 1 onwards, extensions that use deceptive installation tactics will be removed from the ..
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