Articles tagged "cookies"

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A hairline browser window holding an empty list, while a single orange watercolour cookie with a bite taken out floats just outside its frame — present, but unseen by the window.

Read, write and watch cookies from an MV3 extension

Use the Chrome cookies API in Manifest V3 to read, edit and watch cookies. Fix empty getAll results, host permissions and duplicate cookies with runnable code.

Maxim Kosterin

September 5, 2026

18 min read

A hairline round session-cookie disc on paper, its center hole filled with a soft orange watercolor wash that reads as a watching pupil.

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Cookie extensions reviewed: Cookie-Editor, Cookie AutoDelete & the banner blockers

Cookie extensions touch your session tokens and every site you visit. I compared Cookie-Editor, Cookie AutoDelete and the banner blockers on who owns them.

Maxim Kosterin

August 19, 2026

10 min read

A sparse grid of dots with a few highlighted in orange — a map of declared permissions across 308,000 browser extensions.

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Extension permissions by the numbers: what 308,000 browser extensions actually request

I mapped browser extension permissions across 308,210 live listings: 62% claim storage, 7.4% can read every site you visit. Here's what to pause on.

Maxim Kosterin

June 2, 2026

8 min read

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The `cookies` permission explained: what browser extensions can really access in your sessions

The cookies permission lets extensions read, write, and delete cookies — including session tokens. Here's what that means for your accounts and how to check.

Maxim Kosterin

March 6, 2026

9 min read