Google Chrome and the --disable-web-security option?

Question

JavaScript

I am writing a small userscript for google chrome, and it became necessary to download text files from arbitrary hosts using XMLHttpRequest.
It's clear that chrome swears at such things because of the security policy.

XMLHttpRequest cannot load <...>. Origin chrome-extension://<...> is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

But, since the script is written purely for itself, the idea was to launch the browser with the --disable-web-security parameter. However, after starting, the following message is displayed.


I take it this flag is no longer supported? How to proceed then?

PS Linux Mint 15 (x86) system, Google Chrome Version 28.0.1500.95.

Answer 1

This means “if you use a browser with this setting, don’t wait for our support!” meaning "then don't cry on our chests about how the deprotection caused the naked browser to be brutally fucked on the evil internet."