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2 <p id="classSummary"> | 1 <p id="classSummary"> |
3 Use the <code>chrome.privacy</code> module to control usage of the features in | 2 Use the <code>chrome.privacy</code> module to control usage of the features in |
4 Chrome that can affect a user's privacy. This module relies on the | 3 Chrome that can affect a user's privacy. This module relies on the |
5 <a href="types.html#ChromeSetting">ChromeSetting prototype of the type API</a> | 4 <a href="types.html#ChromeSetting">ChromeSetting prototype of the type API</a> |
6 for getting and setting Chrome's configuration. | 5 for getting and setting Chrome's configuration. |
7 </p> | 6 </p> |
8 <p class="note"> | 7 <p class="note"> |
9 The <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/google-chrome-privac
y-whitepaper.pdf">Chrome Privacy Whitepaper</a> | 8 The <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/google-chrome-privac
y-whitepaper.pdf">Chrome Privacy Whitepaper</a> |
10 gives background detail regarding the features which this API can control. | 9 gives background detail regarding the features which this API can control. |
11 </p> | 10 </p> |
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82 function (details) { | 81 function (details) { |
83 // The new value is stored in `details.value`, the new level of control | 82 // The new value is stored in `details.value`, the new level of control |
84 // in `details.levelOfControl`, and `details.incognitoSpecific` will be | 83 // in `details.levelOfControl`, and `details.incognitoSpecific` will be |
85 // `true` if the value is specific to Incognito mode. | 84 // `true` if the value is specific to Incognito mode. |
86 });</pre> | 85 });</pre> |
87 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> | 86 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> |
88 <p> | 87 <p> |
89 For example code, see the | 88 For example code, see the |
90 <a href="samples.html#privacy">Privacy API samples</a>. | 89 <a href="samples.html#privacy">Privacy API samples</a>. |
91 </p> | 90 </p> |
| 91 <p id="classSummary"> |
| 92 Use the <code>chrome.privacy</code> module to control usage of the features in |
| 93 Chrome that can affect a user's privacy. This module relies on the |
| 94 <a href="types.html#ChromeSetting">ChromeSetting prototype of the type API</a> |
| 95 for getting and setting Chrome's configuration. |
| 96 </p> |
| 97 <p class="note"> |
| 98 The <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/google-chrome-privac
y-whitepaper.pdf">Chrome Privacy Whitepaper</a> |
| 99 gives background detail regarding the features which this API can control. |
| 100 </p> |
| 101 <h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> |
| 102 <p> |
| 103 You must declare the "privacy" permission in your extension's |
| 104 <a href="manifest.html">manifest</a> to use the API. For example: |
| 105 </p> |
| 106 <pre>{ |
| 107 "name": "My extension", |
| 108 ... |
| 109 <b>"permissions": [ |
| 110 "privacy" |
| 111 ]</b>, |
| 112 ... |
| 113 }</pre> |
| 114 <h2 id="usage">Usage</h2> |
| 115 <p> |
| 116 Reading the current value of a Chrome setting is straightforward. You'll first |
| 117 need to find the property you're interested in, then you'll call |
| 118 <code>get()</code> on that object in order to retrieve its current value and |
| 119 your extension's level of control. For example, to determine if Chrome's |
| 120 Autofill feature is enabled, you'd write: |
| 121 </p> |
| 122 <pre>chrome.privacy.services.autofillEnabled.get({}, function(details) { |
| 123 if (details.value) |
| 124 console.log('Autofill is on!'); |
| 125 else |
| 126 console.log('Autofill is off!'); |
| 127 });</pre> |
| 128 <p> |
| 129 Changing the value of a setting is a little bit more complex, simply because |
| 130 you first must verify that your extension can control the setting. The user |
| 131 won't see any change to her settings if you extension toggles a setting that |
| 132 is either locked to a specific value by enterprise policies |
| 133 (<code>levelOfControl</code> will be set to "not_controllable"), or if another |
| 134 extension is controlling the value (<code>levelOfControl</code> will be set to |
| 135 "controlled_by_other_extensions"). The <code>set()</code> call will succeed, |
| 136 but the setting will be immediately overridden. As this might be confusing, it |
| 137 is advisable to warn the user when the settings they've chosen aren't |
| 138 practically applied. |
| 139 </p> |
| 140 <p class="note"> |
| 141 Full details about extensions' ability to control <code>ChromeSetting</code>s |
| 142 can be found under |
| 143 <a href="types.html#ChromeSetting"> |
| 144 <code>chrome.types.ChromeSetting</code></a>. |
| 145 </p> |
| 146 <p> |
| 147 This means that you ought to use the <code>get()</code> method to determine |
| 148 your level of access, and then only call <code>set()</code> if your extension |
| 149 can grab control over the setting (in fact if your extension can't control the |
| 150 setting it's probably a good idea to visibly disable the functionality to |
| 151 reduce user confusion): |
| 152 </p> |
| 153 <pre>chrome.privacy.services.autofillEnabled.get({}, function(details) { |
| 154 if (details.levelOfControl === 'controllable_by_this_extension') { |
| 155 chrome.privacy.services.autofillEnabled.set({ value: true }, function() { |
| 156 if (chrome.extension.lastError === undefined) |
| 157 console.log("Hooray, it worked!"); |
| 158 else |
| 159 console.log("Sadness!", chrome.extension.lastError); |
| 160 } |
| 161 } |
| 162 });</pre> |
| 163 <p> |
| 164 If you're interested in changes to a setting's value, add a listener to its |
| 165 <code>onChange</code> event. Among other uses, this will allow you to warn the |
| 166 user if a more recently installed extension grabs control of a setting, or if |
| 167 enterprise policy overrides your control. To listen for changes to Autofill's |
| 168 status, for example, the following code would suffice: |
| 169 </p> |
| 170 <pre>chrome.privacy.services.autofillEnabled.onChange.addListener( |
| 171 function (details) { |
| 172 // The new value is stored in `details.value`, the new level of control |
| 173 // in `details.levelOfControl`, and `details.incognitoSpecific` will be |
| 174 // `true` if the value is specific to Incognito mode. |
| 175 });</pre> |
| 176 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> |
| 177 <p> |
| 178 For example code, see the |
| 179 <a href="samples.html#privacy">Privacy API samples</a>. |
| 180 </p> |
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