Bark for Chrome

Monitor chrome web browsing for inappropriate content.

What is Bark for Chrome?

'Bark for Chrome' is an innovative plug-in designed to ensure your child's safety online. It comprehensively scans social media, email, and text messages on your child's Chrome browser, detecting potential threats such as cyberbullying, sexting, and signs of depression or suicidal thoughts. It alerts parents when such content is detected, supporting open dialogues about internet safety and privacy within families. Testimonials applaud its effectiveness in initiating important conversations and preventing high-risk situations.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.bark.us

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 1.30 (117)

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

Creation date: 2020-05-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
identity
identity.email

Size: 9.03K

Email: he*****@bark.us

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 533

Other rankings

#1414 in Social Networking ▼ 2

#15 in child keyword 4 ▼ 2

#48 in chrome browser keyword 73 ▼ 7

#74 in spend keyword 5 ▼ 1

#196 in phone keyword 18 ▼ 5

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Bark for Microsoft Edge (v1.3.3)

2.60

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Extension summary

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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

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

Cons

Does not monitor effectively
Causes lag and performance issues
Considered invasive and violating privacy
Inaccurately interprets cyberbullying
Loss of trust with parents

Most mentioned

Does not monitor effectively
Causes lag and performance issues
Invasive and violating privacy
Interprets cyberbullying inaccurately
Loss of trust with parents

Recent reviews

Horrible Extension, it blew up my phone when I was trying to uninstall it.

Bahige Saad, 2024-09-23

Horrible. Please don't consider letting your kids use it. Strips kids of all their privacy, and makes them feel like they have to tiptoe around you and the restrictions you've set. App has good intentions, but a horrible, horrible impact on the kids, who will likely grow up to be secretive, untrusting adults.

Ella Marini, 2024-09-22

- The reviews on the site are fake. If you right click a profile picture and select "view in new tab", the image will unblur. Sometimes it will say "stock image" /in the URL/. And when it doesn't, you can right click again and reverse image search, which will lead you /to stock photo websites/. And if you copy + paste the reviews into Google and hit go, the reviews (which are mock FaceBook posts) won't show up, only /the bark website/. Because they aren't real posts. They don't exist on FB. - This app warns parents about /everything/. My mom keeps telling me that I don't know how Bark works and that it doesn't tell her everything I do, but it flags me going to Deviant Art, talking about Lemon Demon, saying "oh my God"(---or OMG!), saying "never gonna give you up", using the word "hot" or talking about /anything/ LGBTQ+ related. - Parental controls only teach kids to not trust anyone and how to do things in secret. - Kids have different views from their parents and that is okay. They shouldn't be punished for that.

Luci Abbott, 2024-05-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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