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Chrome extension by Surfshark Apps · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy

  • Established publisher
  • Trader

A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Privacy with 1 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store. Audience over the last 30 days: unchanged.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
1 000 000
Rating
4.1 (3 725 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 1 000 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
5.4.0
Updated in the store
2026-10-06
Published
2018-04-11
Manifest
V3
Browser access
12 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 02.10
1M-2M · 20 readings
2026-10-06: released 5.4.0
  1. 2026-10-041M
  2. 2026-10-081M
  3. 2026-10-091M
  4. 2026-10-101M
  5. 2026-10-111M
  6. 2026-10-131M
  7. 2026-10-141M
  8. 2026-10-161M
  9. 2026-10-171M
  10. 2026-10-181M
  11. 2026-10-191M
  12. 2026-10-201M
  13. 2026-10-211M
  14. 2026-10-222M
  15. 2026-10-252M
  16. 2026-10-262M
  17. 2026-10-282M
  18. 2026-10-292M
  19. 2026-10-301M
  20. 2026-11-011M
Rating
+0.05 since 02.10
reviewsrating 4.03-4.09 · 20 readings
2026-10-06: released 5.4.0
  1. 2026-10-04reviews3.7krating4.03
  2. 2026-10-08reviews3.7krating4.03
  3. 2026-10-09reviews3.7krating4.03
  4. 2026-10-10reviews3.7krating4.03
  5. 2026-10-11reviews3.7krating4.03
  6. 2026-10-13reviews3.7krating4.03
  7. 2026-10-14reviews3.7krating4.08
  8. 2026-10-16reviews3.7krating4.08
  9. 2026-10-17reviews3.7krating4.08
  10. 2026-10-18reviews3.7krating4.08
  11. 2026-10-19reviews3.7krating4.09
  12. 2026-10-20reviews3.7krating4.08
  13. 2026-10-21reviews3.7krating4.07
  14. 2026-10-22reviews3.7krating4.08
  15. 2026-10-25reviews3.7krating4.08
  16. 2026-10-26reviews3.7krating4.09
  17. 2026-10-28reviews3.7krating4.09
  18. 2026-10-29reviews3.7krating4.08
  19. 2026-10-30reviews3.7krating4.08
  20. 2026-11-01reviews3.7krating4.08
Users
unchanged since 31.08
1M-2M · 35 readings
2026-09-03: released 5.3.02026-10-06: released 5.4.0
  1. 2026-08-311M
  2. 2026-09-021M
  3. 2026-09-041M
  4. 2026-09-061M
  5. 2026-09-071M
  6. 2026-09-081M
  7. 2026-09-091M
  8. 2026-09-131M
  9. 2026-09-151M
  10. 2026-09-161M
  11. 2026-09-201M
  12. 2026-09-211M
  13. 2026-09-251M
  14. 2026-09-261M
  15. 2026-09-281M
  16. 2026-10-041M
  17. 2026-10-081M
  18. 2026-10-091M
  19. 2026-10-101M
  20. 2026-10-111M
  21. 2026-10-131M
  22. 2026-10-141M
  23. 2026-10-161M
  24. 2026-10-171M
  25. 2026-10-181M
  26. 2026-10-191M
  27. 2026-10-201M
  28. 2026-10-211M
  29. 2026-10-222M
  30. 2026-10-252M
  31. 2026-10-262M
  32. 2026-10-282M
  33. 2026-10-292M
  34. 2026-10-301M
  35. 2026-11-011M
Rating
+0.05 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.03-4.09 · 35 readings
2026-09-03: released 5.3.02026-10-06: released 5.4.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews3.6krating4.03
  2. 2026-09-02reviews3.6krating4.03
  3. 2026-09-04reviews3.6krating4.03
  4. 2026-09-06reviews3.6krating4.03
  5. 2026-09-07reviews3.6krating4.03
  6. 2026-09-08reviews3.6krating4.03
  7. 2026-09-09reviews3.6krating4.03
  8. 2026-09-13reviews3.6krating4.03
  9. 2026-09-15reviews3.6krating4.03
  10. 2026-09-16reviews3.6krating4.03
  11. 2026-09-20reviews3.7krating4.03
  12. 2026-09-21reviews3.7krating4.03
  13. 2026-09-25reviews3.7krating4.03
  14. 2026-09-26reviews3.7krating4.03
  15. 2026-09-28reviews3.7krating4.03
  16. 2026-10-04reviews3.7krating4.03
  17. 2026-10-08reviews3.7krating4.03
  18. 2026-10-09reviews3.7krating4.03
  19. 2026-10-10reviews3.7krating4.03
  20. 2026-10-11reviews3.7krating4.03
  21. 2026-10-13reviews3.7krating4.03
  22. 2026-10-14reviews3.7krating4.08
  23. 2026-10-16reviews3.7krating4.08
  24. 2026-10-17reviews3.7krating4.08
  25. 2026-10-18reviews3.7krating4.08
  26. 2026-10-19reviews3.7krating4.09
  27. 2026-10-20reviews3.7krating4.08
  28. 2026-10-21reviews3.7krating4.07
  29. 2026-10-22reviews3.7krating4.08
  30. 2026-10-25reviews3.7krating4.08
  31. 2026-10-26reviews3.7krating4.09
  32. 2026-10-28reviews3.7krating4.09
  33. 2026-10-29reviews3.7krating4.08
  34. 2026-10-30reviews3.7krating4.08
  35. 2026-11-01reviews3.7krating4.08

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing up to 2 times a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • Clear your browsing data browsingData
  • Change your browser's privacy settings privacy
  • Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
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  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
  • See which of its blocking rules matched declarativeNetRequestFeedback
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Declares webRequestAuthProvider

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 5.4.0
  2. Version 5.3.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 5.4.0 (was 5.3.0)
  3. Store badges changed
Show the remaining 2
  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 5.3.0 (was 5.2.1)

The publisher

Surfshark Apps. Listed website: surfshark.com.

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