{"id":15,"date":"2014-11-17T13:06:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=15"},"modified":"2023-11-18T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T14:44:07","slug":"what-does-this-mean-this-extension-can-access-your-data-on-all-websites-your-tabs-and-browsing-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/what-does-this-mean-this-extension-can-access-your-data-on-all-websites-your-tabs-and-browsing-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why &#8220;This extension can access: Your data on all websites&#8221;? &#8211; 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#but-what-is-the-meaning-of-this-message-and-is-this-dangerous\">But what is the meaning of this message and is this dangerous?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#quote-from-the-lead-developer-stefan\">Quote from the lead developer Stefan<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#your-data-on-all-websites\">Your data on all websites<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#your-tabs-and-browsing-activity\">Your tabs and browsing activity<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#tip-to-choose-and-install-a-good-extension\">Tip to choose and install a good extension.<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you see this message &#8220;<em>Your data on all websites, Your tabs and browsing activity<\/em>&#8220;? When you install for the first time a Chrome extension in your Google Chrome browser (that is coming from the Chrome web store), you will see this\u00a0warning message with the install button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<em>Your data on all websites<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Your tabs and browsing activity<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-1024x548.png\" alt=\"Permission about your data on all websites\" class=\"wp-image-11401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-1536x823.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-2048x1097.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-permissions-150x80.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Permission about your data on all websites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Site access:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can change the size access when you are using the Turn Off the Lights browser extension. For example, you can run it on your chosen sites, or just when you click on the gray lamp button in your web browser toolbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-1024x552.png\" alt=\"Site Access\" class=\"wp-image-11402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-1536x829.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-2048x1105.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/chrome-extension-site-access-150x81.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Site Access<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-1024x554.png\" alt=\"Site Permissions\" class=\"wp-image-11403\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-1536x831.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-2048x1108.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/turn-off-the-lights-site-permissions-150x81.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Site Permissions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"but-what-is-the-meaning-of-this-message-and-is-this-dangerous\">But what is the meaning of this message and is this dangerous?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quote-from-the-lead-developer-stefan\">Quote from the lead developer Stefan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Privacy is very important for me and also for my users. And a Chrome extension must be simple and clean.<\/p>\n<cite>Turn Off the Lights developer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This explains more about these phrases. And what it does in your web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"your-data-on-all-websites\">Your data on all websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<em>Your data on all websites<\/em>&#8220;:<br>This means it injects JavaScript into the current web page, known as &#8220;content.js&#8221;. The Turn Off the Lights browser extension uses this feature, so it can detect the video player and track the play status for the &#8220;AutoPlay&#8221; feature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"your-tabs-and-browsing-activity\">Your tabs and browsing activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<em>Your tabs and browsing activity<\/em>&#8220;:<br>This means that the Chrome extension opens&nbsp;a welcome page when you install it for the first time the Turn Off the Lights&nbsp;Chrome&nbsp;extension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about this specific permission here on <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/extensions\/permission_warnings#warnings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Chrome Developer Code&#8217;s<\/a> documentation. And do not forget that the Open-Source <a aria-label=\"Turn Off the Lights browser extension (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/a> is available on <a aria-label=\"Github (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/turnoffthelights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub<\/a>. And you are free to look in the code. That is readable and not compressed. And you can suggest ideas on how to improve this experience for the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tip-to-choose-and-install-a-good-extension\"><strong>Tip to choose and install a good extension.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s best to install Chrome extensions from the <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/category\/extensions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome web store<\/a> and to read the review on that extension page.<br>If you need more help contact the <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/community?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Chrome help forum<\/a> and one of the Silver Star or a Product Experts will help you further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Do you see this message &#8220;Your data on all websites, Your tabs and browsing activity&#8220;? When you install for the first time a Chrome extension in your Google Chrome browser (that is coming from the Chrome web store), you will see this\u00a0warning message with the install button: &#8220;Your data on all websites&#8221; and &#8220;Your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-browser-extension"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":15,"ja":20673},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12708,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/12708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}