Chrome Extension Permissions

Understand what permissions mean and their potential risks

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95
Total Permissions
41
Low Risk
28
Medium Risk
26
High Risk
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Showing 95 of 95 permissions

Privacy & Navigation(10)

Active Tab

activeTab

Privacy & Navigation

Low Risk→

Tabs

tabs

Privacy & Navigation

High Risk→
⚠"Read your browsing history."

History

history

Privacy & Navigation

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change your browsing history on all signed-in devices."

Cookies

cookies

Privacy & Navigation

High Risk→

Bookmarks

bookmarks

Privacy & Navigation

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read and change your bookmarks."

Top Sites

topSites

Privacy & Navigation

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read a list of your most frequently visited websites."

Sessions

sessions

Privacy & Navigation

Medium Risk→

Browsing Data

browsingData

Privacy & Navigation

Medium Risk→

Privacy Settings

privacy

Privacy & Navigation

High Risk→
⚠"Change your privacy-related settings."

Content Settings

contentSettings

Privacy & Navigation

High Risk→
⚠"Change your settings that control websites' access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, camera, etc."

System & Performance(25)

Storage

storage

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Unlimited Storage

unlimitedStorage

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Alarms

alarms

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Idle Detection

idle

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Power Management

power

System & Performance

Low Risk→

System CPU Info

system.cpu

System & Performance

Low Risk→

System Memory Info

system.memory

System & Performance

Low Risk→

System Storage Info

system.storage

System & Performance

Low Risk→
⚠"Identify and eject storage devices."

System Display Info

system.display

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Processes

processes

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Background

background

System & Performance

Low Risk→

DNS

dns

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Downloads

downloads

System & Performance

Medium Risk→
⚠"Manage your downloads."

Downloads Open

downloads.open

System & Performance

Medium Risk→
⚠"Manage your downloads."

Downloads UI

downloads.ui

System & Performance

Medium Risk→
⚠"Manage your downloads."

Declarative Content

declarativeContent

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Search

search

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Enterprise Networking Attributes

enterprise.networkingAttributes

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Extension Management

management

System & Performance

High Risk→
⚠"Manage your apps, extensions, and themes."

Offscreen Documents

offscreen

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Enterprise Device Attributes

enterprise.deviceAttributes

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Enterprise Hardware Platform

enterprise.hardwarePlatform

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Enterprise Platform Keys

enterprise.platformKeys

System & Performance

Medium Risk→

Platform Keys

platformKeys

System & Performance

Medium Risk→

Login State

loginState

System & Performance

Low Risk→

Developer Tools(4)

User Scripts

userScripts

Developer Tools

Medium Risk→

Developer Tools

devtools

Developer Tools

Low Risk→

Debugger

debugger

Developer Tools

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

Scripting

scripting

Developer Tools

Medium Risk→

Device Access(18)

Audio

audio

Device Access

Low Risk→

Geolocation

geolocation

Device Access

High Risk→
⚠"Detect your physical location."

Human Interface Devices

hid

Device Access

Medium Risk→
⚠"Access HID devices."

USB Devices

usb

Device Access

High Risk→
⚠"Access USB devices."

Serial Ports

serial

Device Access

Medium Risk→
⚠"Access serial ports."

Bluetooth

bluetooth

Device Access

Medium Risk→
⚠"Access Bluetooth devices."

Audio Capture

audioCapture

Device Access

High Risk→
⚠"Capture audio from your microphone."

Video Capture

videoCapture

Device Access

High Risk→
⚠"Capture video from your camera."

Clipboard Read

clipboardRead

Device Access

High Risk→
⚠"Read data you copy and paste."

Clipboard Write

clipboardWrite

Device Access

Medium Risk→
⚠"Modify data you copy and paste."

Printer Provider

printerProvider

Device Access

Medium Risk→

Printing

printing

Device Access

Medium Risk→

Printing Metrics

printingMetrics

Device Access

Low Risk→

File Browser Handler

fileBrowserHandler

Device Access

Low Risk→

File System Provider

fileSystemProvider

Device Access

Medium Risk→

Text to Speech

tts

Device Access

Low Risk→

Text to Speech Engine

ttsEngine

Device Access

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read all text spoken using synthesized speech."

Document Scan

documentScan

Device Access

Medium Risk→

Web Traffic Control(8)

Web Request

webRequest

Web Traffic Control

Medium Risk→

Web Request Blocking

webRequestBlocking

Web Traffic Control

High Risk→

Web Request Auth Provider

webRequestAuthProvider

Web Traffic Control

High Risk→

Declarative Net Request

declarativeNetRequest

Web Traffic Control

Medium Risk→
⚠"Block content on any page."

Declarative Net Request (Host Access)

declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Web Traffic Control

Medium Risk→

Declarative Net Request Feedback

declarativeNetRequestFeedback

Web Traffic Control

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read your browsing history."

Proxy

proxy

Web Traffic Control

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

VPN Provider

vpnProvider

Web Traffic Control

High Risk→

Host Permissions(5)

All URLs

<all_urls>

Host Permissions

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

All HTTP/HTTPS Sites

*://*/*

Host Permissions

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

Local Files

file:///*

Host Permissions

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on the file system."

All HTTP Sites

http://*/*

Host Permissions

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

All HTTPS Sites

https://*/*

Host Permissions

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

Browser UI(17)

Side Panel

sidePanel

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Context Menus

contextMenus

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Notifications

notifications

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"Display notifications."

Keyboard Commands

commands

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Omnibox

omnibox

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"Read and change your data on all websites you visit."

Theme

theme

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Font Settings

fontSettings

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Page Capture

pageCapture

Browser UI

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites you visit."

Tab Capture

tabCapture

Browser UI

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites you visit."

Desktop Capture

desktopCapture

Browser UI

High Risk→
⚠"Capture content of your screen."

Windows

windows

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Tab Groups

tabGroups

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"View and manage your tab groups."

Reading List

readingList

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"Read and change entries in the reading list."

Favicon

favicon

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"Read the icons of the websites you visit."

Accessibility Features (Read)

accessibilityFeatures.read

Browser UI

Low Risk→
⚠"Read your accessibility settings."

Accessibility Features (Modify)

accessibilityFeatures.modify

Browser UI

Medium Risk→
⚠"Read and change your accessibility settings."

Wallpaper

wallpaper

Browser UI

Low Risk→

Communication(8)

Native Messaging

nativeMessaging

Communication

High Risk→
⚠"Communicate with cooperating native applications."

Runtime

runtime

Communication

Low Risk→

Web Navigation

webNavigation

Communication

High Risk→
⚠"Read your browsing history."

Web Authentication Proxy

webAuthenticationProxy

Communication

High Risk→
⚠"Read and change all your data on all websites."

Identity

identity

Communication

Low Risk→

Identity Email

identity.email

Communication

Medium Risk→
⚠"Know your email address."

Google Cloud Messaging

gcm

Communication

Low Risk→

Certificate Provider

certificateProvider

Communication

High Risk→