Is Web Developer safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Change your settings that control websites' access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, camera etc.
• Read and change your browsing history on all your signed-in devices

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

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

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Clear your browsing data browsingData
• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• Read and change your browsing history history
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Change what sites are allowed to do contentSettings
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage

Who uses it and how it is kept up

1.0M users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-06-29.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

Chris Pederick. This listing has been in the store since 2010-03-17 and was last updated on 2024-06-29.

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How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Web Developer access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does Web Developer collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Web Developer asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Web Developer publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.