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Chrome extension by tlintspr · Make Chrome Yours · Functionality

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A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Functionality with 100 000 users, a widely installed extension.

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

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
100 000
Rating
4.2 (173 ratings)
Users, last 17 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.6.8
Updated in the store
2026-05-14
Published
2016-11-27
Manifest
V3
Browser access
9 permissions

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-07100k
  3. 2026-09-16100k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.20-4.21 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews172rating4.20
  2. 2026-09-07reviews173rating4.21
  3. 2026-09-16reviews173rating4.21
Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-07100k
  3. 2026-09-16100k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.20-4.21 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews172rating4.20
  2. 2026-09-07reviews173rating4.21
  3. 2026-09-16reviews173rating4.21

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What it can reach

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

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
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  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Tell whether you are away from the computer idle
  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

tlintspr publishes 11 listings we track, 286k users between them.

  1. AutoFill Forms tlintspr · Productivity · Workflow · published 2016-06-21 100k users ★ 3.2
  2. Apps Launcher for Chrome tlintspr · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2016-08-03 30k users ★ 4.4
  3. Web Messenger tlintspr · Productivity · Workflow · published 2016-07-03 20k users ★ 3.9
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. YouTube™ No Buffer - Stop Autoplaying tlintspr · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2016-08-07 10k users ★ 3.9
  2. JavaScript Toggle On and Off tlintspr · Productivity · Workflow · published 2016-03-10 10k users ★ 4.4
  3. Stop AutoPlay Next for YouTube™ tlintspr · Productivity · Workflow · published 2016-04-16 9k users ★ 3.6
  4. Proxy Client for Onion tlintspr · Productivity · Workflow · published 2017-04-11 4k users ★ 3.5
  5. Extension Manager with Profiles tlintspr · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy · published 2016-02-15 2k users ★ 3.9

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  5. Pulse Reload Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 12 users

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