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I've been doing some research on this and I'm still not sure if it's possible.

Is there any way to retrieve a user's bookmarks and display them on the page without violating their privacy? I saw these two threads talking about using JS to do this:

How to get Bookmarks toolbar information in JavaScript code?

Show all bookmarks using javascript

I'm not thinking about doing this automatically, users would have to opt-in with a button that said "Display Bookmarks from My Browser" or something similar.

Is it possible?

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Chelsea
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    **Without** using JavaScript? Well what are you imagining the alternatives to be? – Pointy Aug 15 '12 at 13:55
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    It is impossible. That is a big security concern if you could do it. [AHHH missed the without, wish I could undo the close] – epascarello Aug 15 '12 at 13:55
  • I don't understand how this is a violation of privacy, as long as you don't send that information anywhere else. – sje397 Aug 15 '12 at 13:55
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    @sje397 well setting aside the mystery of doing it without JavaScript, if the information could be accessed and added to the page somehow, then anything could be done with it. – Pointy Aug 15 '12 at 13:56
  • Just because this poster would not send it, does not mean someone else would send it. Look at the iphone and people uploading the users address book without their permission. – epascarello Aug 15 '12 at 13:57
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    If the question title clearly says **WITHOUT** JS why is this tagged with JS then? Cleaning. – Fabrício Matté Aug 15 '12 at 13:57
  • @FabrícioMatté because you can not do it with JavaScript, hence the without. – epascarello Aug 15 '12 at 13:58
  • @epascarello the without makes sense, but the JS tag is for questions relating to JS. If OP doesn't want a JS solution, there is no reason to tag it with JS. – Fabrício Matté Aug 15 '12 at 13:59
  • @FabrícioMatté, Sorry, this is the first time I've used StackOverflow. Wasn't sure what to tag it with... – Chelsea Aug 15 '12 at 14:21
  • No problem, next time you can tag it with `browser-extension`/`google-chrome-extension` or another language you'd accept an answer with (flash, java etc). `=]` – Fabrício Matté Aug 15 '12 at 14:36

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Not without browser extensions. You could write a browser extension for the major browsers which retrieves the information and feeds it back to your page.

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