Is Debate AI 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

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: 5 match patterns.

• https://debate-ai.com/* only debate-ai.com
• http://localhost:3000/* only localhost
• https://qwksearch.com/* only qwksearch.com
• https://openrouter.ai/* only openrouter.ai
• https://api.anthropic.com/* only api.anthropic.com

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

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
• 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.

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

Sites that can connect to it

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

• https://debate-ai.com/* only debate-ai.com
• http://localhost:3000/* only localhost

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 · Education, 17% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Runs its code on every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 6 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

4k users

• Last updated in the store 14 days ago, on 2026-10-17.
• We have seen 3 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.

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. 2026-10-17Asked for fewer permissions (11, was 12) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on)
2. 2026-10-12Asked for more permissions (12, was 5) (changed: site access, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
3. 2026-09-16Asked for more permissions (5, was 1)
4. 2026-09-16Privacy policy link added to the listing

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-17Version 6.3.0 · Asked for fewer permissions (11, was 12) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on)
2. 2026-10-12Version 6.2.0 · Asked for more permissions (12, was 5) (changed: site access, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
3. 2026-09-16Version 6.0.0 · Asked for more permissions (5, was 1)

Who publishes it

Debate AI. This listing has been in the store since 2013-10-23 and was last updated on 2026-10-17.

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. Structura Chrome Extension No site access · 3 permissions 3 users (last published figure)
2. Incisive Runs its code on every site · 4 permissions 3 users
3. AI4DebateRoles - Generate debates with your AI Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 6 site patterns 21 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 Debate AI access?

Specific sites only: 5 match patterns. It declares 6 browser permissions.

What data does Debate AI 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 Debate AI asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 4 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-10-17.

Does Debate AI publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.