Articles tagged "storage"

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A quiet stack of thin hairline layers with one middle layer in soft orange watercolor — data an extension keeps, silently, at rest.

The `storage` permission explained: what browser extensions keep, and where it actually lives

The storage permission is the most-requested thing extensions ask for — 62% claim it, with no install warning. Here's what it keeps, where, and how to check.

Maxim Kosterin

July 10, 2026

7 min read

An open hairline container overflowing with orange watercolor spilling past its rim — extension storage with no ceiling, no cap.

privacy browser-extensions permissions

unlimitedStorage explained: the extension permission with no ceiling — and the W3C plan to add one

The unlimitedStorage permission lets extensions hoard data on your disk with no cap. ~687M users are exposed — and W3C is debating a limit on July 2, 2026.

Maxim Kosterin

June 29, 2026

6 min read