![]() The webstorePrivate API is (as its name already says) meant for the Web Store only. But it can do more: enable or disable extensions and even uninstall them without any kind of visible notification. The former allows querying your installed extensions which explains how the website learns about them. A look at the Preferences file shows the privileges of the Web Store app: management API and webstorePrivate API. Web apps in Chrome can have special privileges if they request them, same as extensions. The Web Store is a pre-installed web app (actually, it is even hardcoded into the browser). How does the web page know which extensions you have installed? One particular feature caught my attention: it marks the extensions that you already have with a check mark. Google recently launched a redesigned version of its Web Store where one can install extensions and web apps. Adblock Plus and (a little) more Google Chrome and pre-installed web apps ![]()
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