Chrome informed me that Hootsuite Hootlet has been disabled because it requires further access to my browsing activities.
“Hootsuite needs
- to access data on all websites
- access your tabs and browsing activity”
It should be nice that Hootsuite gives the finality of such request as I don’t use it actively.
Is there a risk for my data privacy? accessing to all my browsing activities like checking my bank account is really mandatory for such tool?
One conclusion: Google Chrome informs correctly the user if any extension wants to increase the amount of permissions it needs to fulfil its duty.
Thanks for writing about this. I got this warning also. It seems a bit excessive.
Please notify if you find a way to continue using Hootlet by not giving it so many permissions, or if you know of any alternative app.
I will send them an email to better understand their position. I’ll keep you posted