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Is AliExpress and Temu search by image safe to install?

AliExpress and Temu search by image asks for 4 browser permissions and 1 site pattern. 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.

AliExpress and Temu search by image

Chrome extension by devtool ai · Lifestyle · Shopping

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What the developer says, and 4 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
Declares it collects none
Publisher
No store badges
Audience
569 users

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 does not link 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: 1 match pattern.

Worth knowing

Routine for an extension

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

How usual this is for its category

In Lifestyle · Shopping, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 4 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

569 users

Users
+218 since 01.09
351-569 · 33 readings
2026-11-01: released 1.3.32026-11-03: released 1.3.5
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  30. 2026-11-01548released 1.3.3
  31. 2026-11-03553released 1.3.5
  32. 2026-11-06559
  33. 2026-11-07569

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.

  1. Asked for fewer permissions (5, was 7) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, optional site access)

Versions we have seen

  1. Version 1.3.5
  2. Version 1.3.3 · Asked for fewer permissions (5, was 7) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, optional site access)

Who publishes it

devtool ai, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-03-11 and was last updated on 2026-11-02.

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. Search AliExpress by Image Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 5 site patterns 7k users ★ 3.9
  2. AliExpress Image Search & Deals Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 3 site patterns 3 users (last published figure) ★ 5.0

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 AliExpress and Temu search by image access?
Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 4 browser permissions.
What data does AliExpress and Temu search by image 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 AliExpress and Temu search by image asked for more permissions over time?
Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-11-01.
Does AliExpress and Temu search by image publish a privacy policy?
No, the store listing does not link 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 2026-11-07.

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