NativeExt

WebExtensions native connector management extension

NativeExt - WebExtensions native connector management extension

NativeExt is a management extension that allows other browser extensions to have full access to your computer. It manages access to the NativeExt application and explicitly asks for permission before granting access to system resources.
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Extension stats

Users: 20
-2
Version: 0.3.0.2 (Last updated: 2018-06-07)
Creation date: 2018-06-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • nativeMessaging
  • notifications
  • sessions
Size: 91.56K

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

NativeExt -- Management extension

The NativeExt extension manages access to the NativeExt application, which gives other browser extensions full access to your computer. NativeExt will explicitly ask you for every extension before granting it access to your system. To use NativeExt, you must download and install the application, and then click the Apply button in the options.

Description

NativeExt doesn't do anything on its own. It is a special module that extends the capabilities of other browser extensions. It allows extensions that were explicitly allowed by the user to execute node.js JavaScript code on the computer, with the full access of the current user account. While this is, from a security perspective, generally equivalent to installing a program on the computer, it is much easier to install and update for the user (once initially set up, allowing an extension requires only a single click, and updates are implicitly included with the extension itself) and easier to develop and maintain for the developers (write/bundle standard node.js modules and ship them with the extension; no platform specific installation or update code required).

For more information on what and why NativeExt is, see the project homepage.

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Extension safety

Risk impact

NativeExt requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

NativeExt has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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