Is SidebySpeak — Live Captions & Translation for Meet, Zoom and Teams 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
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• 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 all your data on all 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: 24 match patterns.

• https://sidebyspeak.com/* only sidebyspeak.com
• https://meet.google.com/* only meet.google.com
• https://*.zoom.us/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://teams.microsoft.com/* only teams.microsoft.com
• https://teams.live.com/* only teams.live.com
• https://teams.cloud.microsoft/* only teams.cloud.microsoft
• https://*.webex.com/* webex.com and all its subdomains
• https://discord.com/* only discord.com
• https://*.discord.com/* discord.com and all its subdomains
• https://weverse.io/* only weverse.io
• https://*.weverse.io/* weverse.io and all its subdomains
• https://whereby.com/* only whereby.com
• and 12 more

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Capture the contents of a tab tabCapture

Worth knowing

• 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
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 23 site patterns.

• https://meet.google.com/* only meet.google.com
• https://*.zoom.us/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://teams.microsoft.com/* only teams.microsoft.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.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% 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 6 browser permissions.

• Capture the contents of a tab (tabCapture): 1% 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

2 users (last published figure)

• Last updated in the store 5 days ago, on 2026-10-28.
• We have seen 1 new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

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.

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

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-29Version 0.15.44

Who publishes it

Bret Digital LLC. This listing has been in the store since 2026-10-27 and was last updated on 2026-10-28.

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. Verli: Live Translator Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 1 site pattern 38 users
2. DBird Dual: Live Meeting Translation – Teams, Zoom & Google Meet Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 8 site patterns 516 users ★ 4.9
3. Intercall: Live Captions & Translator for Meetings Access to specific sites only · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 168 users

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 SidebySpeak — Live Captions & Translation for Meet, Zoom and Teams access?

Specific sites only: 24 match patterns. It declares 6 browser permissions.

What data does SidebySpeak — Live Captions & Translation for Meet, Zoom and Teams collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Personal communications, 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 SidebySpeak — Live Captions & Translation for Meet, Zoom and Teams asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does SidebySpeak — Live Captions & Translation for Meet, Zoom and Teams publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.