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Chrome extension by ewsbr · Productivity · Communication

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Communication with 7 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 4 screenshots

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Users
7
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 16 days
+3
Version
1.6.1
Updated in the store
2026-09-12
Published
2026-06-13
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission

How it has moved

Users
+3 since 31.08
4-7 · 8 readings
2026-09-08: released 1.6.02026-09-12: released 1.6.1
  1. 2026-08-314
  2. 2026-09-025
  3. 2026-09-046
  4. 2026-09-067
  5. 2026-09-076
  6. 2026-09-097
  7. 2026-09-106
  8. 2026-09-157
Users
+3 since 31.08
4-7 · 8 readings
2026-09-08: released 1.6.02026-09-12: released 1.6.1
  1. 2026-08-314
  2. 2026-09-025
  3. 2026-09-046
  4. 2026-09-067
  5. 2026-09-076
  6. 2026-09-097
  7. 2026-09-106
  8. 2026-09-157

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.6.1
  2. Version 1.6.0

What changed recently

  1. Store description rewritten
  2. Released version 1.6.1 (was 1.6.0)
  3. Package size changed
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  1. Store description rewritten
  2. Released version 1.6.0 (was 1.5.0)

The publisher

ewsbr.

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