Is TickerTab safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

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
• Read your browsing history
• Read a list of your most frequently visited websites
• Read the icons of the websites you visit
• Detect your physical location

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: 4 match patterns.

• https://www.google-analytics.com/* only www.google-analytics.com
• https://*.replit.app/* replit.app and all its subdomains
• https://*.replit.dev/* replit.dev and all its subdomains
• https://tickertab.io/* only tickertab.io

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• Read your location geolocation
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• See the sites you visit most topSites

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Read site icons favicon
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 7 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Read your location (geolocation): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 20% 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

54 users

• Last updated in the store 46 days ago, on 2026-09-16.
• We have seen 1 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.

1. 2026-09-16Asked for more permissions (11, was 10)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-16Version 0.8.7 · Asked for more permissions (11, was 10)

Who publishes it

The store lists no publisher name, who publishes 10 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-03-30 and was last updated on 2026-09-16.

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. askticker No permissions at all · No permissions declared 6 users
2. Summit Valley No permissions at all · No permissions declared 5 users
3. Market Dashboard Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 2 site patterns 3 users (last published figure)

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 TickerTab access?

Specific sites only: 4 match patterns. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does TickerTab collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has TickerTab asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-16.

Does TickerTab publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.