Is Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet 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 a number of websites
• Know your email address

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: 10 match patterns.

• https://fathom.video/* only fathom.video
• https://*.zoom.us/s/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoom.us/j/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoomdev.us/s/* zoomdev.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoomdev.us/j/* zoomdev.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoomgov.com/s/* zoomgov.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoomgov.com/j/* zoomgov.com and all its subdomains
• https://meet.google.com/*-*-* only meet.google.com
• https://teams.live.com/meet/* only teams.live.com
• https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/* only teams.microsoft.com

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• See the email address of the signed-in Google account identity.email

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Store data in your browser storage
• Read your processor details system.cpu
• Read how much memory your device has system.memory

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 17 site patterns.

• https://zoom.us/ only zoom.us
• https://*.zoom.us/s/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoom.us/j/* zoom.us and all its subdomains

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

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.

• Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
• Capture the contents of a tab tabCapture
• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 17 site patterns.

• https://zoom.us/ only zoom.us
• https://*.zoom.us/s/* zoom.us and all its subdomains
• https://*.zoom.us/j/* zoom.us and all its subdomains

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Communication, 14% 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 7 browser permissions.

• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 2% 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

500k users

• Last updated in the store 9 days ago, on 2026-10-23.
• We have seen 9 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• 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.

1. 2026-10-22Asked for fewer permissions (17, was 19) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)
2. 2026-10-21Changed where it works (changed: pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)
3. 2026-10-08Asked for more permissions (19, was 17)
4. 2026-09-10Asked for more permissions (17, was 15)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-24Version 0.4.0
2. 2026-10-22Version 0.3.2 · Asked for fewer permissions (17, was 19) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)
3. 2026-10-21Version 0.3.1 · Changed where it works (changed: pages it runs its code on, sites that can connect to it)
4. 2026-10-16Version 0.3.0
5. 2026-10-08Version 0.2.14 · Asked for more permissions (19, was 17)
6. 2026-09-18Version 0.2.13
7. 2026-09-16Version 0.2.12
8. 2026-09-12Version 0.2.11

Who publishes it

Fathom. This listing has been in the store since 2021-11-23 and was last updated on 2026-10-23.

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. Fellow: Your Secure AI Meeting Assistant Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 2 site patterns 70k users ★ 4.8
2. MeetScribe Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 12 site patterns 18 users
3. MeetingJuice: Free AI Notetaker & Recorder for Google Meet Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 4 site patterns 3k users ★ 4.7

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 Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet access?

Specific sites only: 10 match patterns. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet 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 Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 4 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-10-22.

Does Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.