diff --git a/Protected-URLs.md b/Protected-URLs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ebe8953 --- /dev/null +++ b/Protected-URLs.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Chrome and Firefox (and other browsers) do not allow websites or extensions to open some URLs. These privileged locations include: + +- Pages that start with `chrome://…`, `about:...` or `edge:...` +- Pages like `chrome://history/` +- Pages like `about:config` +- Pages like `about:preferences` + +These pages can not be accessed via apps or extensions for security reasons. This is why a bookmark added to nightTab with a privileged browsers URL will not open. + +One of the goals of this project is also to not need any additional [users permissions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/permission_warnings/) to run. As such there are no plans to access user bookmarks saved to the browser.