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Is Game of Life safe to install?

Game of Life asks for 1 browser permission and declares no blanket site access. 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.

Game of Life

Chrome Web Store listing by hendrik.kao

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What the developer says, and 2 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
No site access
Audience
87 users · 3.3/5

What data it declares

The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.

The listing does not link to a privacy policy.

What Chrome asks you to allow

From the permissions it declares, Chrome shows no permission warning when you add it.

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.

Routine for an extension

Who uses it and how it is kept up

87 users

Users
+2 since 01.09
79-89 · 31 readings
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What the store shows

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

hendrik.kao. This listing has been in the store since 2015-01-02 and was last updated on 2016-03-13.

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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 Game of Life access?
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 1 browser permission.
What data does Game of Life collect?
The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.
Has Game of Life asked for more permissions over time?
The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
Does Game of Life publish a privacy policy?
No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.

We read the public store listing up to 2 times 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 2026-11-02.

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