NOTE: extension disabled / new permissions

[ivan]

When Chrome updates Mute New Tabs, it sometimes disables the extension and prompts for approval to re-enable it. This happens because the extension requests new permissions to be able to inject the volume-control unmute script for additional domains.

Mute New Tabs does not include any analytics or tracking code, and the code shipped to the Chrome Web Store is identical to the code in this GitHub repository.

Why Mute New Tabs uses these permissions:

• "Read and change your data on a number of websites" - inject a content script that sends an "unmute" message to the extension when you click an in-page volume control
• "Communicate with cooperating websites" - receive "unmute" message from the injected script
• "Read your browsing history" - determine if a tab moved to a different domain (origin)

[ivan]

Closing because this project is archived and obsoleted by Chrome's native 'Mute site' / 'Unmute site'. Chrome now allows muting all sites by default.