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Is Fav.ing List Saver safe to install?

Fav.ing List Saver asks for 5 browser permissions and 1 site pattern. 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.

Fav.ing List Saver

Chrome extension by fav.ing · Lifestyle · Social

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What the developer says, and 5 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
Access to specific sites only
Data collection
4 kinds of data declared
Audience
8 users

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of 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:

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: 1 match pattern.

Worth knowing

Routine for an extension

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 2 site patterns.

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Lifestyle · Social, 8% 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 5 browser permissions.

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

8 users

Users
+1 since 01.09
7-12 · 21 readings
2026-10-24: released 1.1.02026-10-27: released 1.1.1
  1. 2026-09-017
  2. 2026-09-028
  3. 2026-09-058
  4. 2026-09-077
  5. 2026-09-138
  6. 2026-09-159
  7. 2026-09-1710
  8. 2026-09-2511
  9. 2026-09-2612
  10. 2026-09-2810
  11. 2026-10-048
  12. 2026-10-087
  13. 2026-10-098
  14. 2026-10-189
  15. 2026-10-198
  16. 2026-10-227
  17. 2026-10-248released 1.1.0
  18. 2026-10-257
  19. 2026-10-308
  20. 2026-11-017
  21. 2026-11-028

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.

  1. Asked for fewer permissions (6, was 8) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)

Versions we have seen

  1. Version 1.1.1
  2. Version 1.1.0 · Asked for fewer permissions (6, was 8) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)

Who publishes it

fav.ing. This listing has been in the store since 2025-08-14 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. Keep It Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions 47 users ★ 5.0
  2. SaveToList: Save any page to your lists No site access · 4 permissions 41 users ★ 5.0
  3. Save to Zelo Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 2 site patterns 2 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 Fav.ing List Saver access?
Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 5 browser permissions.
What data does Fav.ing List Saver collect?
The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information, Location, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
Has Fav.ing List Saver asked for more permissions over time?
Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-24.
Does Fav.ing List Saver publish a privacy policy?
Yes, the store listing links 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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