Missing e {browser extension for tumblr}

adamuhiramiya:

For anyone who was concerned:

I’ve spent some time looking through the publicly available source code for Missing e as well as comparing that to the installed extensions. There is no need to worry about any kind of data loss, privacy issues, or anything.

No data about your tumblr is ever sent back to the author. The only connection the extension makes to the Missing e site is to check if there is a newer version available. This only appears to run once on load, which is any time the plugin is re-enabled, or when you first go onto tumblr after opening your browser. (It does not check on every tumblr pageview)

From my study of the source, I also believe Missing e may actually cause less stress on tumblr servers, as it does not load full pages when doing operations. This is widely seen by the use of the one-click reblog feature, which reblogs the post based on information available on the dashboard, rather than loading the reblog page - and then the original page again.

Automatic deletion of posts is also not seen in Missing e anywhere. Yes, there are improvements to the way we can delete/manage posts, however every action of such kind requires the user (or another third-party extension :\) to click on the button to initate the action. There is also then the confirmation box which must be accepted by the user, as it cannot be answered by other browser extensions.

I hope this puts some minds at rest, if anyone was particularly worried.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask me, I’ll answer them to the best of my knowledge.

P.S Happy New Year Everyone!

A code monkey crawls through the Missing e code for your benefit. Although, you should note that the comment about less stress on Tumblr servers is a bit inaccurate. For example, just because the Quick (1-Click) Reblogging feature doesn’t display the reblog page doesn’t mean it doesn’t have to load it from the Tumblr servers.

If anyone else wants to take a look at the Missing e source code, please feel free to take a look at it on github.

Source: adamuhiramiya