Required permissions in Chromium

Access your data on all web sites

This is required to:

• Inspect all net requests so they can be canceled if needed.
  • Only on http and https URL addresses.

See code:

• chrome.webRequest

Access your tabs and browsing activity

This is required to:

• Create new tabs (when clicking on a filter list, to see its content)
• Detect when a tab is added or removed
• Update the toolbar icon badge
• Flush internal data structures from memory
• Determine which tab is currently active (to fill the popup menu with stats and settings)
• Inject the element picker script
• Implement the popup-blocker

See code:

• chrome.tabs
• chrome.webNavigation