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Updated About the required permissions (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-06-03 09:26:35 -04:00
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About-the-required-permissions.md

@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ uBlock's primary purpose is to block **network connections**, not just data tran
**Privacy Badger also requires exactly the same permissions.** I want uBlock to also serve privacy-minded users first. **Privacy Badger also requires exactly the same permissions.** I want uBlock to also serve privacy-minded users first.
If _prefetching_ had been disabled by default, this new permission would not be needed, but _prefetching_ is unfortunately enabled by default, and under _Privacy_ heading, which is itself hidden by default under _"advanced settings"_. If _prefetching_ had been disabled by default, this new permission would not be needed, but _prefetching_ is unfortunately enabled by default, and under _Privacy_ heading, which is itself hidden by default under _"advanced settings"_, and even at this point, you would still have to dig to find out the [negative side effects of prefetching](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_prefetching#Issues_and_criticisms) (related: [dark patterns](http://darkpatterns.org/)).
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