Is BuddyBeep: Your Everyday AI Personal Assistant safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

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 your data on a number of websites

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

Specific sites only: 5 match patterns.

• https://*.bing.com/ bing.com and all its subdomains
• https://gemini.google.com/ only gemini.google.com
• https://*.buddybeep.com/ buddybeep.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.anthropic.com/ anthropic.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.claude.ai/ claude.ai and all its subdomains

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 3 site patterns.

• https://chat.openai.com/* only chat.openai.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/* only www.linkedin.com
• https://www.youtube.com/* only www.youtube.com

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse.

• wss://*/*

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 2 site patterns.

• *://localhost/* only localhost
• *://buddybeep.com/* only buddybeep.com

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Education, 17% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 8 browser permissions.

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

401 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-12-20.
• 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.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

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

ZenStudio, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2024-03-18 and was last updated on 2024-12-20.

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.

1. Muse GPT Page Runs its code on every site · 3 permissions 181 users ★ 5.0
2. Notedly AI Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions, 1 site pattern 8 users
3. NoteX AI Note Taker Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 446 users ★ 5.0

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 BuddyBeep: Your Everyday AI Personal Assistant access?

Specific sites only: 5 match patterns. It declares 8 browser permissions.

What data does BuddyBeep: Your Everyday AI Personal Assistant collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has BuddyBeep: Your Everyday AI Personal Assistant asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does BuddyBeep: Your Everyday AI Personal Assistant publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.