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A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · News with 13 users, barely installed.
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.
What the developer says, and 3 screenshots
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- Users
- 13
- Users, last 15 days
- +1
- Version
- 1.0.6
- Updated in the store
- 2026-04-15
- Published
- 2026-03-30
- Manifest
- V3
- Browser access
- 4 permissions
How it has moved
- 2026-08-3112
- 2026-09-0313
- 2026-09-0411
- 2026-09-0613
- 2026-09-0711
- 2026-09-0812
- 2026-09-1011
- 2026-09-1313
- 2026-09-1413
- 2026-08-3112
- 2026-09-0313
- 2026-09-0411
- 2026-09-0613
- 2026-09-0711
- 2026-09-0812
- 2026-09-1011
- 2026-09-1313
- 2026-09-1413
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What it can reach
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.
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Run its own code on the pages it can access
scripting -
Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab -
Show you notifications
notifications
Show the remaining 1
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Store data in your browser
storage
What changed recently
Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.
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