Is Ruminer Browser Agent safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

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
• Communicate with cooperating native applications
• Display notifications
• Manage your downloads
• Read and change your browsing history on all your signed-in devices
• Read and change your bookmarks

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.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Attach to pages the way developer tools do debugger
• Read and change your browsing history history
• Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Show you notifications notifications
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 21% 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 16 browser permissions.

• Attach to pages the way developer tools do (debugger): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Read and change your browsing history (history): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Talk to an application installed on your computer (nativeMessaging): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 29% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 3% 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

22 users

• Last updated in the store 157 days ago, on 2026-05-05.
• 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

Julian Kay, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-03-13 and was last updated on 2026-05-05.

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. BrowserAgent - AI Agents in Browser No site access · 5 permissions 3k users ★ 4.2
2. airminal Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 18 site patterns 6 users
3. Artífice Connect Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 2 users

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 Ruminer Browser Agent access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 16 browser permissions.

What data does Ruminer Browser Agent collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personal communications, Web history, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Ruminer Browser Agent asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Ruminer Browser Agent publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.