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Is Tab Recorder safe to install?

Tab Recorder asks for 2 browser permissions and 3 site patterns. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.

Tab Recorder

Chrome extension by Tensor Lab · Productivity · Tools

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What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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At a glance

Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.

Site access
Access to specific sites only
Data collection
4 kinds of data declared
Audience
36 users · 2.0/5

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of 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:

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.

Worth knowing

Routine for an extension

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% 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 2 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

36 users

Users
+16 since 01.09
19-36 · 30 readings
2026-09-30: gained the good publisher record badge
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What the store shows

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

Tensor Lab. This listing has been in the store since 2026-06-21 and was last updated on 2026-08-18.

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  1. Tab Audio Recorder No site access · 4 permissions 9 users
  2. Smart Tab Audio Recorder No site access · 5 permissions 22 users
  3. Audio Recorder No site access · 5 permissions 5k users ★ 4.6

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 Tab Recorder access?
Specific sites only: 3 match patterns. It declares 2 browser permissions.
What data does Tab Recorder collect?
The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personal communications, Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
Has Tab Recorder asked for more permissions over time?
The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
Does Tab Recorder publish a privacy policy?
Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.

We read the public store listing up to 2 times a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-11-02.

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