Yomichan Permissions

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- Yomichan requires access to all URLs in order to run scripts to scan text and show the definitions popup, - request audio for playback and download, and connect with Anki. -

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storage and unlimitedStorage

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- Yomichan uses storage permissions in order to save extension settings and dictionary data. - unlimitedStorage is used to help prevent web browsers from unexpectedly - deleting dictionary data. -

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webRequest and webRequestBlocking

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- Yomichan uses these permissions to ensure certain requests have valid and secure headers. - This sometimes involves removing or changing the Origin request header, - as this can be used to fingerprint browser configuration. -

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- Example: Origin: -

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declarativeNetRequest

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- Yomichan uses this permission to ensure certain requests have valid and secure headers. - This sometimes involves removing or changing the Origin request header, - as this can be used to fingerprint browser configuration. -

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- Example: Origin: -

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scripting

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- Yomichan will sometimes need to inject stylesheets into webpages in order to - properly display the search popup. -

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clipboardWrite

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- Yomichan supports simulating the Ctrl+C (copy to clipboard) keyboard shortcut - when a definitions popup is open and focused. -

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clipboardRead (optional)

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- Yomichan supports automatically opening a search window when Japanese text is copied to the clipboard - while the browser is running, depending on how certain settings are configured. - This allows Yomichan to support scanning text from external applications, provided there is a way - to copy text from those applications to the clipboard. -

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nativeMessaging (optional)

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- Yomichan has the ability to communicate with an optional native messaging component in order to support - parsing large blocks of Japanese text using - MeCab. - The installation of this component is optional and is not included by default. -

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Allow in private windows (optional)

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- When enabled, Yomichan is able to scan text and show definitions in private/incognito web browser windows. -

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- This option can be configured from the web browser's extension settings pages. -

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Allow access to file URLs (optional)

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- When enabled, Yomichan is able to scan text and show definitions on local HTML files located using the file://* scheme. -

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- This option can be configured from the web browser's extension settings pages. -

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