"Access your data for all websites"??

[A. Richard Miller]

Hello!

I'd like to add the /*Forecastfox (fix version)*/
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/forecastfox-fix-version>
ad-on to my computer's Firefox, but I see a potential privacy issue.

Upon starting to add it, I get this warning:
> It requires your permission to:
> - Access your data for all websites
> - Access browser tabs
WHOA!! Really? "Access your data for ALL WEBSITES"??

Mozilla, please explain that away or stop it from happening! What effect
will "Do Not Track" have on this matter? Or "Facebook Container", or
some such?

I see that the add-on uses Google (which may explain WHO's slurping that
data, but does NOT reassure me):
> API for search city are provided by Google service:
> https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/
> <https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/29e3f8c15b2c4771a7d08174a13f5d069267711e07e9e0b0849b54aabdd235e9/https%3A//developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/>
>
> Privacy Policy and security related answers can be found on Google's
> privacy & terms page: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
> <https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/45a24e2f827f95a7891927c7fb6cdf4f0952a4423e6f10d42eeeb00e96fdf59a/https%3A//www.google.com/policies/privacy/>

Mozilla, please explain who is taking what data, for what purposes, and
what would be a reasonable recommendation for your privacy-conscious users.

Thank you, from
--Dick Miller, Partner, MMS <TheMi...@millermicro.com
<mailto:TheMi...@millermicro.com>>
Co-Leader, FOSS User Group at Natick Community-Senior Center
<http://millermicro.com/FOSSUserGroupNatick.html> in Natick,
Massachusetts, USA