Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...

[asimbay]

asimbay last edited by

"Additional permissions are required to upgrade the add-on. Go to the add-on manager to accept the upgrade."

I get a message like this, but when I go to the plug-in manager there is no warning. This message goes blank every time I start the opera. What should I do?

[perdigao1]

perdigao1 last edited by

Not sure what this Rich Hints Agent is, but let's try to update.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hello

This morning I started getting this message at the top of the browser window: "The extension upgrade required additional permissions. Go to the extensions manager to accept the upgrade" The message is accompanied with "Go to Extensions" button.

OK, I said, let's do it! Let's go to the manager and accept the upgrade. I clicked the button and, expectedly, it opened the "Extensions" page.

And? What's next?

I don't see any extensions labelled for update/upgrade there. The page looks as usual. Nothing indicates any pending actions waiting for my permission. What am I supposed to do next? Where do I "accept the upgrade"?

[A Former User]

A Former User @Draker last edited by

@Draker I just noticed this too. Bye bye Opera.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @AltairAssassins last edited by

@AltairAssassins No such message here on Opera Stable 72, Opera Developer 73 or Opera GX 71. So I will ask again: Where and when you see that message? The text make it looks like something coming from a site.

[Keepskite]

Keepskite last edited by

I don't have Rich HInts Agent showing on my extensions page yet I also have the notification. Also --show-component-extension-options has no effect here.

All this chatter yet it isn't enough to awaken a single mod. Strange.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Keepskite last edited by

@Keepskite --show-component-extension-options is what will make Rich Hints extension visible.

And by the way, mods are just users and they replying here or not is totally irrelevant. Also, this is a minor issue.

[Keepskite]

Keepskite @leocg last edited by

@leocg I disagree. Eight hidden extensions that I cannot disable, all with intrusive permissions that I did not grant is not a minor issue. This shakes my confidence in Opera in a way I did not think possible. This is not a minor privacy issue. I should think Opera would realize that.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Keepskite last edited by

@Keepskite said in Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...:

This shakes my confidence in Opera

Mine too.

[upnorth]

upnorth @leocg last edited by

@leocg

No external site/link or url related. Please see screenshot.

This message also does not, only popup in SpeedDial. It's constant all over if one have it. And considering the reports that started to flow in, this is more then likely an issue for many, but also apparently not with everyone.

[mathias87]

mathias87 @Keepskite last edited by

@Keepskite I don't have any more extensions installed than before.
This might be a bug that will be done with the next update.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Keepskite last edited by

@Keepskite The issue is the banner asking for permissions showing up.

[ChenZi]

ChenZi last edited by

Same every time it opens on every computer, and only enabled extension is the add filter

[Keepskite]

Keepskite @mathias87 last edited by

@mathias87 Have you started Opera with the "--show-component-extension-options" command? I didn't think I had hidden extensions either until I started with that command.

[stollejay]

stollejay last edited by

This is not real or?
Hm... Hidden permissions and extensions... Lets look what the consumer advice center says to this.

[Keepskite]

Keepskite @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yes but that banner reveals that hidden extensions exist, extensions that none of us realized were there.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg said in Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...:

@Keepskite The issue is the banner asking for permissions showing up.

Which has brought to light another, more serious issue, of hidden extensions installed without the user's permission which cannot be disabled.

[Draker]

Draker @Guest last edited by

@rafiki indeed, why do I have an aliexpress spying on me and bloating the browser? Perhaps it is time to move to greener pastures.

[mathias87]

mathias87 @Keepskite last edited by

@Keepskite No, I just did and updated that "Rich Hints Agent" extension.
If this makes the bar with the message disappear, then I'm fine with it.

[daddybear]

daddybear @mathias87 last edited by

@mathias87

I still can't figure out how to do this "show-component extension-options" thing which you recommend.
I am not very computer literate - please can you talk me through the process in 'primary school' language right from the beginning ?
Regards,
Roy