Is FileDriver for Chrome 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
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring

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 mail.google.com
• 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://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox only mail.google.com

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage

Sites that can connect to it

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

• *://localhost/* only localhost
• *://*.filedriver.com/* filedriver.com and all its subdomains

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 4 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

573 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2021-10-04.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• 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.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

developer. This listing has been in the store since 2021-06-10 and was last updated on 2021-10-04.

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. Upload File No site access · 3 permissions 232 users ★ 5.0
2. FaTransfer Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 2 site patterns 5 users
3. FileFast for Chrome and Gmail Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 4 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 FileDriver for Chrome access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does FileDriver for Chrome collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Location, User activity. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has FileDriver for Chrome asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does FileDriver for Chrome publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.