Is Hireply – AI Smart Replies for Recruiter DMs 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
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates
• 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:

• Read and change your data on all linkedin.com sites and hireplybackend.vercel.app

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: 2 match patterns.

• https://*.linkedin.com/* linkedin.com and all its subdomains
• https://hireplybackend.vercel.app/* only hireplybackend.vercel.app

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 1 site pattern.

• https://*.linkedin.com/* linkedin.com and all its subdomains

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

Sites that can connect to it

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

• https://hireply-web.vercel.app/* only hireply-web.vercel.app
• http://localhost/* only localhost

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 · Communication, 14% 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 1 browser permission.

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

7 users

• Last updated in the store 6 days ago, on 2026-10-26.
• We have seen 2 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

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. 2026-10-26Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-26Version 1.4.0 · Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)
2. 2026-10-19Version 1.0.2

Who publishes it

hnapovskiy20, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-04-25 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. Adaface No permissions at all · No permissions declared 7 users ★ 5.0
2. AskDude LinkedIn Copilot No site access · 1 permission 1 users (last published figure)
3. RecruitReply AI – Recruiter Message Assistant Runs its code on every site · 5 permissions 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 Hireply – AI Smart Replies for Recruiter DMs access?

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns. It declares 1 browser permission.

What data does Hireply – AI Smart Replies for Recruiter DMs collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Personal communications, 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 Hireply – AI Smart Replies for Recruiter DMs asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-26.

Does Hireply – AI Smart Replies for Recruiter DMs publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.