BrainTool creator here. BT is very much a private and local first application, see the philosophy statement[1].
I use the absolute minimal permissions required to do the job. 'Browsing history' means I get access to the urls that tabs have open, there's no way to help you categorize them without that! Google Drive access is optional and only needed if you want to sync your data to a text file on your GDrive. BrainTool passes you to Google Auth and asks for permission to read and write the file on your behalf. It does not have access to any other information from your Google account.
The code is open sourced on my github[2]. Not sure what else you want to know about me, maybe my LinkedIn[3]?
I'm very much soliciting input from all sources RN, so if it looks interesting do give it a try and LMK what you think.
Thanks for the reply! I think adding GitHub and maybe LinkedIn links to your website would help establish a greater degree of trust. And please don't take it personally. It is just that given the high number of extensions stealing your data, I default to not trusting them.
Regarding Google Drive, the Google pop-up says:
"Select what BrainTool can access
- Associate you with your personal info on Google
- See your personal info, including any personal info you've made publicly available
- See your primary Google Account email address
- See, edit, create, and delete only the specific Google Drive files you use with this app."
The first three options cannot be unchecked and the last option needs to be selected for the integration to work. I don't know if it would be possible to require only the last option, but it would certainly make me more comfortable using BrainTool.
No offense taken, I completely understand and this is the kind of feedback I'm looking for!
The first version of BrainTool required the Google Drive integration to work and I quickly found that it was a barrier to adoption for some people and so made it optional. Unfortunately the first 3 popup items are not controllable by me. I am planning to add a local file integration option to avoid this altogether.
I use the absolute minimal permissions required to do the job. 'Browsing history' means I get access to the urls that tabs have open, there's no way to help you categorize them without that! Google Drive access is optional and only needed if you want to sync your data to a text file on your GDrive. BrainTool passes you to Google Auth and asks for permission to read and write the file on your behalf. It does not have access to any other information from your Google account.
The code is open sourced on my github[2]. Not sure what else you want to know about me, maybe my LinkedIn[3]?
I'm very much soliciting input from all sources RN, so if it looks interesting do give it a try and LMK what you think.
[1] https://braintool.org/overview.html [2] https://github.com/tconfrey?tab=repositories [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/tconfrey/