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		Pathogen-David on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News > Also privacy-wise I think there isn't a way to limit an extension to a single site On Chrome/Edge you can, not sure about Firefox. Additionally this extension only even asks for permission to access Hacker News and some backend stuff presumably used for the paid tier.

forgotpwd16 on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

Yes, you're right on asking permissions. I didn't had a site-specific extension so couldn't see them. Unfortunately restricting any extension, if it doesn't restrict itself, is only possible on Chrome and its derivatives.

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