Is ExpressKeys: Password Manager safe to install?
ExpressKeys: Password Manager asks for 12 browser permissions and 1 site pattern. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.
Chrome extension by ExpressVPN · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy
What the developer says, and 5 screenshots
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At a glance
Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.
- Site access
- Access to every site
- Data collection
- 1 kind of data declared
- Upkeep
- Updated 1 day ago
- Publisher
- Established publisher
- Audience
- 400k users · 2.2/5
What data it declares
The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:
- Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
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
- Read your browsing history
- Display notifications
- Modify data you copy and paste
- Communicate with cooperating native applications
- Change your privacy-related settings
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
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Talk to an application installed on your computer
nativeMessaging -
Change your browser's privacy settings
privacy -
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs -
Watch the network requests your browser makes
webRequest
Worth knowing
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See when you navigate between pages
webNavigation
Routine for an extension
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Schedule work to run later
alarms -
Put data on your clipboard
clipboardWrite -
Tell whether you are away from the computer
idle -
Show you notifications
notifications -
Run work in a hidden page
offscreen -
Store data in your browser
storage -
Store data in your browser without the usual size limit
unlimitedStorage
How usual this is for its category
In Make Chrome Yours · Privacy, 41% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.
The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 12 browser permissions.
- Talk to an application installed on your computer (nativeMessaging): 3% of extensions in this category ask for it.
- Change your browser's privacy settings (privacy): 4% of extensions in this category ask for it.
- See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 32% of extensions in this category ask for it.
- Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 13% of extensions in this category ask for it.
Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.
Who uses it and how it is kept up
400k users
- 2026-09-01400k
- 2026-10-10400k
- Last updated in the store 1 day ago, on 2026-10-09.
- We have seen 4 new versions 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.
- Asked for more permissions (13, was 12)
Versions we have seen
- Version 3.3.0.12240
- Version 3.2.1.10522
- Version 3.2.1.10521
- Version 3.2.0.8860 · Asked for more permissions (13, was 12)
Who publishes it
ExpressVPN, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2021-12-20 and was last updated on 2026-10-09.
Similar extensions that ask for less
Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.
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Keypeur: Autofill & Free Password Manager 44 users
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Password Safe 28 users
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Password Manager: Safe 90k users
How to check or remove it in Chrome
- Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
- 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.
- To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.
Questions people ask
- What can ExpressKeys: Password Manager access?
- Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 12 browser permissions.
- What data does ExpressKeys: Password Manager collect?
- The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Authentication information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
- Has ExpressKeys: Password Manager asked for more permissions over time?
- Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-23.
- Does ExpressKeys: Password Manager publish a privacy policy?
- Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.
We read the public store listing once a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-10-10.
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