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Is Wilson safe to install?

Wilson declares no browser permissions and no site access in its manifest, which is as narrow as an extension gets. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.

Wilson

Chrome extension by 8columns · Make Chrome Yours · Functionality

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What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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At a glance

Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.

Site access
No permissions at all
Data collection
Declares it collects none
Publisher
No store badges
Audience
11 users · 5.0/5

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 does not link 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

From the permissions it declares, Chrome shows no permission warning when you add it.

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

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

We have not read this listing's manifest since we started keeping permission names. The counts on the card come from the last time we did.

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No permissions at all.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares no 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

11 users

Users
+1 since 01.09
9-13 · 20 readings
  1. 2026-09-0110
  2. 2026-09-049
  3. 2026-09-0512
  4. 2026-09-0710
  5. 2026-09-0812
  6. 2026-09-0911
  7. 2026-09-1312
  8. 2026-09-1610
  9. 2026-09-289
  10. 2026-10-0410
  11. 2026-10-0911
  12. 2026-10-1010
  13. 2026-10-189
  14. 2026-10-2110
  15. 2026-10-2210
  16. 2026-10-2312
  17. 2026-10-2411
  18. 2026-10-2712
  19. 2026-10-2913
  20. 2026-10-3111

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

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

8columns, who publishes 18 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2024-05-06 and was last updated on 2024-06-11.

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 Wilson access?
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares no browser permissions.
What data does Wilson 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 Wilson asked for more permissions over time?
The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
Does Wilson publish a privacy policy?
No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.

We read the public store listing up to 2 times a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-10-31.

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