Is X-Browser safe to install?

What data it declares

The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.

The listing does not link to a privacy policy.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Manage your downloads
• Read and change your bookmarks
• Read data you copy and paste
• Modify data you copy and paste
• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Capture content of your screen
• Display notifications
• 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

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

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Clear your browsing data browsingData
• Read what you have copied clipboardRead
• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• Attach to pages the way developer tools do debugger
• Capture the contents of your screen desktopCapture
• Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Route your traffic through a VPN it controls vpnProvider
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
• Block or alter network requests before they are sent webRequestBlocking

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Open files from the file manager fileBrowserHandler

Routine for an extension

• Declares <all_urls>
• Keep running while the browser is open background
• Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
• Declares fileBrowserProvider
• Declares http://*/
• Declares https://*/*
• Declares location
• Declares network.config
• Show you notifications notifications
• Keep the screen or system awake power
• Act as a printer for the browser printerProvider
• Store data in your browser storage
• Read your storage devices system.storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage
• Change your desktop wallpaper wallpaper
• Declares webview

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 29 browser permissions.

• Clear your browsing data (browsingData): under 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Read what you have copied (clipboardRead): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 6% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Attach to pages the way developer tools do (debugger): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Capture the contents of your screen (desktopCapture): under 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Change which proxy your browser connects through (proxy): under 1% 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.
• Route your traffic through a VPN it controls (vpnProvider): 0% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 3% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Block or alter network requests before they are sent (webRequestBlocking): under 1% 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

1k users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2017-01-24.
• No new version 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.

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

Who publishes it

xReVoLT-iTheme, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2016-10-16 and was last updated on 2017-01-24.

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. BrowserX No site access · 16 permissions 1k users ★ 3.3

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 X-Browser access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 29 browser permissions.

What data does X-Browser collect?

The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.

Has X-Browser asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does X-Browser publish a privacy policy?

No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.