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RE "...a browser could take a snapshot of the page I read. ....."

I've used a extension to do this for last few years. The extension is available for both Chrome and Firefox

Are you deliberately withholding the name of this mysterious extension for some reason? If so, it does produce the desired suspense!

Where do they get stored, locally? and what kind of snapshot is it, are they screenshots or saved html pages?

Maybe they just mean SingleFile (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/singlefile/mpiodij...) which is quite handy for archiving – nothing automated based on your history though like the above commenter was describing.

Looks like it also has a companion that runs outside the browser for custom save paths.

Im VERY Sorry for not mentioning the name. I thought I did. Its singlefile extension

would you care to share the name?

singlefile extension ( I also use a save to PDF extension to save replica of the page for what are high value articles for me. Such as Fireshot and or GoFullPage . These just ones I use, there may be better "savetoPDF" extensions )

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