Is Trace - Auto Typer for Google Docs 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
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• 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:

• Display notifications
• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history

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.

• https://creaqluhcoesnktgwzbl.supabase.co/* only creaqluhcoesnktgwzbl.supabase.co

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Attach to pages the way developer tools do debugger
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• 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
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 3 site patterns.

• https://tracetype.me/* only tracetype.me
• https://www.tracetype.me/* only www.tracetype.me
• https://trace-app-brown.vercel.app/* only trace-app-brown.vercel.app

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 Productivity · Workflow, 19% 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 7 browser permissions.

• Attach to pages the way developer tools do (debugger): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% 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

456 users

• Last updated in the store 13 days ago, on 2026-10-26.
• We have seen 6 new versions 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.

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.

1. 2026-10-23Asked for more permissions (8, was 6) (changed: browser permissions)
2. 2026-10-13Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-26Version 1.5.4
2. 2026-10-23Version 1.5.3 · Asked for more permissions (8, was 6) (changed: browser permissions)
3. 2026-10-13Version 1.5.2 · Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)
4. 2026-10-06Version 1.5.1
5. 2026-09-28Version 1.5.0
6. 2026-09-23Version 1.4.8

Who publishes it

Trace. This listing has been in the store since 2026-03-27 and was last updated on 2026-10-26.

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. SynthTyper - Human Typer for Google Docs No site access · 2 permissions 5k users ★ 4.5
2. Typewriter No site access · 3 permissions 209 users ★ 3.7
3. Typi Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 2 site patterns 3 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 Trace - Auto Typer for Google Docs access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does Trace - Auto Typer for Google Docs collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information, 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 Trace - Auto Typer for Google Docs asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 2 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-10-23.

Does Trace - Auto Typer for Google Docs publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.