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Data Handling Transparency? Great discussion in terms of how to "regulate" extensions. I feel that it shouldn't technically be that difficult to put in data handling transparency, basically to analyze the code fast and figure out that this extension sends x,y,z data a,b,c servers named/owned by 1,2,3. That would be a start. Google doesn't allow for code obfuscation, controls the code/calls that can communicate with servers and thus can limit it to be easily found and analyzed, and they host all the code so they can analyze each update/extension and provide an automated "data handling transparency" report for each extension (with comments/details filled in, that may be mandatory, from the extension owner).