Is Unblocked Games - Otter Tabs safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

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 playhop.com, api.ottergames.org, and api.open-meteo.com
• Read and change your bookmarks
• Read a list of your most frequently visited websites
• Read the icons of the websites you visit
• Detect your physical location

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: 3 match patterns.

• https://playhop.com/* only playhop.com
• https://api.ottergames.org/* only api.ottergames.org
• https://api.open-meteo.com/* only api.open-meteo.com

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read your location geolocation

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
• See the sites you visit most topSites

Routine for an extension

• Read site icons favicon
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Lifestyle · Fun, 10% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 1 browser permission; this one declares 6 browser permissions.

• Read your location (geolocation): 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

213 users

• Last updated in the store 65 days ago, on 2026-08-28.
• 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.

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

codemeoww, who publishes 5 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-07-25 and was last updated on 2026-08-28.

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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 Unblocked Games - Otter Tabs access?

Specific sites only: 3 match patterns. It declares 6 browser permissions.

What data does Unblocked Games - Otter Tabs collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Unblocked Games - Otter Tabs asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Unblocked Games - Otter Tabs publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.