Bark for Chrome

Monitor chrome web browsing for inappropriate content.

What is Bark for Chrome?

Bark for Chrome is a popular Chrome extension by www.bark.us. This extension has 353,112 weekly active users, a poor user rating of 1.30, and is most similar to Bark for Chrome Watchdog and Blocksi Web Filter. The latest version, 1.3.3, was updated 9 months ago.

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By: https://www.bark.us

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Users: 353,112 ▼ -269,690

Rating: 1.30 (104)

Version: 1.3.3 (Last updated: 2022-08-23)

Creation date: 2020-05-06

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
identity
identity.email

Size: 9.03K

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

ChromeStats Rank

# 917 ▼ 282

Other rankings

#973 in Social & Communication ▼ 90

#1 in child keyword

#22 in appreciate keyword ▼ 2

#39 in spend keyword ▼ 3

#91 in social media keyword ▼ 7

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Summary

Bark for Chrome is installed on the child's Chrome browser to help protect the child against inappropriate content.

Bark detects messages containing cyberbullying, sexting, signs of depression or suicidal thoughts, and many others -- without you having to spend hours reading your child's messages.

Bark supports dozens of popular social media platforms, along with email, and text messaging.

Children spend an increasing amount of time socializing online. Unfortunately, new technology creates new risks. Parents need a smarter solution to help keep their children safe online without sifting through their social media feed or randomly grabbing their child's phone and scrolling through their messages.

You connect your children's accounts and we notify you if and when there's a potential issue. This approach helps to build trust and an open dialog with your family around internet safety.


Testimonials:

"My wife and i LOVE Bark - we’ve had some tough, but productive conversations with our 13 year old son. It’s proving to be extremely valuable." - Josh L.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Provides insider to child's online activity
Can keep children safe

Cons

Invasive
Can ruin relationships with children
May give false positive flags
Slows down internet speeds
Can cause technical issues and viruses
No privacy
Can make kids hide things from parents
Trigger happy and flags innocent content

Most mentioned

Invasive
No privacy
Slows down internet speeds
Trigger happy and flags innocent content

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Safety

Risk impact

Bark for Chrome requires some risky permissions and may not be safe to use. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypass your security settings, and access your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Risk likelihood

Bark for Chrome has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension, especially ones with higher risk impact and/or higher risk likelihood.

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