- "message": "<p>According to <a href='http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html'>Google Chrome Privacy Whitepaper</a>, <i>Chromium</i> might send HTTP requests to <i>Google</i> without the user expressly visiting a web page. Let's call these special requests <strong>behind-the-scene</strong> requests. Also, other installed browser extensions can send <strong>behind-the-scene</strong> HTTP requests.</p><p><i>HTTP Switchboard</i> lets you intercept and treat these requests like any other request: they can be processed in order to allow/block them as per your whitelist/blacklist.</p><p>Click the extension icon while viewing this page to get started. Required reading: <a href='https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Behind-the-scene-requests'>Behind-the-scene requests</a>.</p><div class='warn'><p><span style='color:red; font-weight:bold'>Beware!</span> Blocking <strong>behind-the-scene</strong> net requests is potentially causing <a href='https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/27'>an issue</a> when the user wants to install an extension from the Chrome store (including maybe preventing extensions from being updated), hence the ability to disable the feature here. Blocking can also cause other installed extensions to not work properly (those querying for remote data).</p><p>Even if this feature is not enabled, <strong>behind-the-scene</strong> requests are still logged by <i>HTTP Switchboard</i>. You can inspect these requests on the <a href='dashboard.html#statistics'>Statistics</a> page.</p>",
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