Is Sectora Browser Shield safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring

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
• Manage your apps, extensions, and themes
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page
• Display notifications
• Manage your downloads
• Change your privacy-related settings
• Change your settings that control websites' access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, camera etc.

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://sectora.io/* only sectora.io

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See, enable and disable your other extensions management
• Change your browser's privacy settings privacy

Worth knowing

• Change what sites are allowed to do contentSettings
• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Manage your downloads downloads
• 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
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage

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.

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.

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

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Developer, 30% 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 10 browser permissions.

• See, enable and disable your other extensions (management): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Change your browser's privacy settings (privacy): under 1% 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

9 users

• Last updated in the store 15 days ago, on 2026-10-18.
• We have seen 2 new versions 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.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

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.

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-18Version 1.4.1
2. 2026-09-08Version 1.4.0

Who publishes it

oversight, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-06-26 and was last updated on 2026-10-18.

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. PhishGuard Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions 5 users
2. GuardDog - Extension Security Monitor No site access · 4 permissions 13 users
3. RankShield Browser Guardian Access to specific sites only · 9 permissions, 3 site patterns 10 users ★ 5.0

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 Sectora Browser Shield access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 10 browser permissions.

What data does Sectora Browser Shield collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information, Web history, User activity. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Sectora Browser Shield asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Sectora Browser Shield publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.