Is Pinako - Advanced Tab & Session Manager safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• 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 pinako.pro and all pinako.pro sites
• Read your browsing history
• View and manage your tab groups
• Read the icons of the websites you visit
• Modify data you copy and paste
• Communicate with cooperating native applications
• Read and change your bookmarks
• Manage your downloads

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

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• See and restore recently closed tabs sessions

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Read site icons favicon
• Store data in your browser storage
• Organise your tabs into groups tabGroups
• 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: 2 site patterns.

• https://pinako.pro/* only pinako.pro
• https://*.pinako.pro/* pinako.pro and all its subdomains

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.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 13 browser permissions.

• Talk to an application installed on your computer (nativeMessaging): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% 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

4k users

• Last updated in the store 5 days ago, on 2026-10-27.
• We have seen 9 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.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

The listing says it offers in-app purchases.

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.

1. 2026-10-27Asked for more permissions (13, was 12) (changed: browser permissions)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-27Version 1.3.21 · Asked for more permissions (13, was 12) (changed: browser permissions)
2. 2026-10-17Version 1.3.19
3. 2026-10-10Version 1.3.17
4. 2026-10-06Version 1.3.16
5. 2026-09-28Version 1.3.14
6. 2026-09-25Version 1.3.13
7. 2026-09-20Version 1.3.12
8. 2026-09-14Version 1.3.11

Who publishes it

Pinako, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-04-30 and was last updated on 2026-10-27.

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. TabShelf No site access · 5 permissions 22 users ★ 5.0
2. Smart Tab Organizer No site access · 5 permissions 62 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 Pinako - Advanced Tab & Session Manager access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 13 browser permissions.

What data does Pinako - Advanced Tab & Session Manager collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Web history, 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 Pinako - Advanced Tab & Session Manager asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-27.

Does Pinako - Advanced Tab & Session Manager publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.