Building a Chrome Extension with Zero Unnecessary...

Every time I install a Chrome extension, I check the permissions. Most tab managers ask for: "Read and change all your data on all websites" "Read your browsing history" "Manage your downloads" For a tab manager. To save URLs. When I built Tab Stash, I wanted to prove you could build a genuinely useful extension with minimal permissions. Here's how. The Permission Problem Chrome's permission model is coarse-grained. The tabs permission, for example, gives you access to tab URLs and titles — but