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Same problem as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23168874
The conversation between Google and the developer is infuriating
This seems like a good way of promoting your extension nowadays. It’s no big deal. I got this message too for https://2fb.me all you have to do is go into the privacy tab and list all the reasons why your issuing the permission as in what problem it’s meant to solve. My message stated something about not future proofing. I just resubmitted it.
If that's all that needs to be done, Google should update their boilerplate responses to include that.
Right now, for multiple developers, they're appearing to be obtuse. For Google, it just adds to their reputation as being robotic and unfriendly, and it's gaining traction.
Well basically I agree. I even tweeted about it https://twitter.com/chamILYAn/status/1215680803608285184 earlier this year. The situation is they are being robotic. Iv'e always thought the last thing anyone should automate is support. Maybe a company the size of Google could do it but version 1 isn't working. It's not quite completely automated. I believe they have someone behind the response clicking on a selection of a set of possibilities and there isn't a way to turn it off.
Site been Hacker News'd?
I had this too for my extension - as mentioned there’s a security explanation tab now on the developer dashboard. I also removed any http requirements and made then https and stopped using external scripts/css hopefully enough - annoying their messaging is so vague and menacing.
Archive link, since the site seems to be overburdened.
http://web.archive.org/web/20200514182732/https://joaoapps.c...
This is super infuriating. There should be some regulation regarding platforms and access on them if you are big enough.
Similar story published around the same time as this one... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23168874) https://blog.pushbullet.com/2020/05/13/lets-guess-what-googl...
For any Android users that don't already, I highly recommend either Join or Pushbullet even if just simply used for clipboard sync. The ability to send files and mirror your notifications can be handy but once you have clipboard sync it's hard to go back.
Clipboard sync would double attack surface if secrets are ever copied.
KDE Connect[1] is great if you're on Linux (KDE has it built in, Gnome has GSConnect which implements it, early releases are available for Windows and Mac). File sharing, notification sync, clipboard sync, remote media controls for the PC, use PC as a keyboard for the phone, ring the phone, etc.
[1] https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
I stopped using Pushbullet as I considered the price somewhat high for my use case and switched to Join several years ago, but then I also switched back to Firefox. Unfortunately, Join doesn't support Firefox for many things like the Universal Clipboard sync.
I miss that app so much, but I'm staying away from Chrome as much as possible.
Why is this site asking for permission to send me notifications? I definitely don't trust the Chrome Extension now.
Maybe because you can use Join and most of its features directly through its website?
https://joaoapps.com/join/web/
Looks like some similar functionality to pushbullet... message syncing from Chrome to Android.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Google is preparing to roll out a message sync service of their own in the next few months.