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Will the WebExtensions API be powerful enough to write a "browser firewall"? Essentially give users automatic/manual control over about every process run by the browser.



I don't think we're exposing native process semantics to WebExtensions, but the webRequest API can intercept and modify any request initiated by web content.

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