Is VPN4U.IO safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes

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 all your data on all websites

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

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. What access to every site means

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage
• Declares webRequestAuthProvider

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Privacy, 42% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 4 browser permissions.

• Change which proxy your browser connects through (proxy): 14% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 14% 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

222 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-09-16.
• No new version 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.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

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

Quanta Tech Systems LLC. This listing has been in the store since 2024-05-28 and was last updated on 2024-09-16.

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. UnblockrVPN Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 1 site pattern 3 users (last published figure)
2. RaptorVPN Access to every site · 2 permissions, 2 site patterns 26 users
3. Proxy Connector Access to every site · 3 permissions, 1 site pattern 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 VPN4U.IO access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does VPN4U.IO collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Authentication information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has VPN4U.IO asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does VPN4U.IO publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.