This Chrome extension requests fairly broad permissions, worth explaining honestly:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
clipboardRead / clipboardWrite |
Core function: reads the image you copied, writes the resulting Snipboard.io link back |
<all_urls> host permission |
The content script (floating camera button) is injected on every page you visit, so the upload button is available everywhere |
scripting, tabs, webNavigation |
Used to open/manage the hidden background tab that performs the actual upload to Snipboard.io |
storage |
Caches the last-known upload endpoint for faster subsequent uploads |
What it does not do: no analytics, no tracking, no data sent anywhere except directly to snipboard.io/i.snipboard.io (the service the extension exists to upload to). All source is in this repo — background.js and content.js — for anyone to audit.
If you find a security issue (e.g. a way the content script could leak clipboard data to a page other than Snipboard.io), please open a GitHub issue or contact the maintainer directly rather than disclosing it publicly first.