It’s insane to think that an extension with the ability to snoop on all your requests is more privacy oriented than one that can’t.
It’s insane to want extensions to snoop on all your requests in an attempt at more privacy.
It’s insane to want extensions to snoop on all your requests in an attempt at more privacy.
It is a permission that could be used by a malicious extension to snoop, but that is far from the only use. Wanting the permission != wanting snooping.