Chrome extension permission stats
Chrome extensions are powerful because they have additional permissions to perform
operations that a regular website cannot. However, some permission requests may look suspicious.
Watch out for extensions that requires permissions that are irrelevant to the core purpose of the
extension - e.g., while an ad-blocker will likely need access to all websites, a simple new tab
extension should not (unless it has a very good explanation on what it is using that permission
for!)
Break down by permissions
Number of extensions requesting the given permission
Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages |
66,748 |
No special permissions required |
48,337 |
Your tabs and browsing activity |
42,465 |
Your data on all websites |
19,680 |
Receive notifications from this app in Chrome |
14,541 |
Override your new tab page |
8,684 |
Capture content of screen, individual windows or tabs |
5,310 |
Data you copy and paste |
3,579 |
Your physical location |
2,096 |
Your bookmarks |
2,093 |
Manage your apps, extensions, and themes |
1,695 |
Add omnibox keyword to URL bar |
1,594 |
Your browsing history |
1,271 |
Add features to Chrome Developer Tools |
1,268 |
Override your search engine provider |
718 |
Override your home page |
186 |
Override your start up pages |
157 |
Override your history page |
22 |
Uses Native Client module |
19 |
Override your bookmark page |
12 |
Your cookies |
1 |
Your data on specific websites |
0 |
Your list of installed apps, extensions, and themes |
0 |