Is Cities of the World MeaVana 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 all your data on all websites
• Read a list of your most frequently visited websites
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page

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.

• https://nmplejonajdlkjijgfmcijdfkkhmbcpd.chromiumapp.org/* only nmplejonajdlkjijgfmcijdfkkhmbcpd.chromiumapp.org

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• See the sites you visit most topSites
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Run searches in your default search engine search
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on every page you open: the manifest declares a content script for all sites.

• <all_urls> every site

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. It may later ask for access to every site.

• Read and change your browsing history history
• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Read site icons favicon

• http://*/* every site
• https://*/* every site

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 2 site patterns.

• https://meavana.com/* only meavana.com
• https://www.meavana.com/* only www.meavana.com

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 Lifestyle · Travel, 9% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Runs its code on every site.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 19% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 4% 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

2k users

• Last updated in the store 144 days ago, on 2026-06-08.
• No new version 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.

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

Who publishes it

MeaVana - 1, who publishes 18 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2023-12-13 and was last updated on 2026-06-08.

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. Cityscapes No site access · 2 permissions 10k users ★ 3.9
2. AwayTab - Travel Backgrounds No site access · 2 permissions 578 users ★ 3.9
3. Travel Wonders Tab No site access · 4 permissions 5 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 Cities of the World MeaVana access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does Cities of the World MeaVana 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 Cities of the World MeaVana asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Cities of the World MeaVana publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.