For anyone who was concerned: I’ve spent some...

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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!

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