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InfluxDB
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He put a big notice on SteamDB's website too. That shows his honest intentions. So I don't think it's fair to do anything (like this post) that tends to make people raise their pitchforks. Since the OP has not included context for the "why"
It is possible to validate the code in published extensions against github diffs because they're published as-is, without any bundlers and whatnot. Here's a diff for the version that updated the permission. (Chrome version is zipped from manifest-v3 branch though).
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