Is DEPRECATED Secure Shell App safe to install?

What data it declares

The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.

The listing does not link to a privacy policy.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read data you copy and paste
• Modify data you copy and paste
• Display notifications

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.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read what you have copied clipboardRead

Worth knowing

• Read your accessibility settings accessibilityFeatures.read
• Add a file system to your device fileSystemProvider

Routine for an extension

• Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
• Declares crashReportPrivate
• Tell whether you are away from the computer idle
• Declares metricsPrivate
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage
• Declares terminalPrivate
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Developer, 30% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• Read what you have copied (clipboardRead): 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

100k users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2023-09-02.
• No new version 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.

Who publishes it

Google Secure Shell Developers, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2012-04-30 and was last updated on 2023-09-02.

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. SSH Agent for Google Chrome™ (BETA) No site access · 1 permission 84 users
2. SSH Agent for Google Chrome™ No site access · 1 permission 10k users ★ 4.6
3. Crosh Window No site access · 1 permission 10k users ★ 3.1

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 DEPRECATED Secure Shell App access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does DEPRECATED Secure Shell App collect?

The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.

Has DEPRECATED Secure Shell App asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does DEPRECATED Secure Shell App publish a privacy policy?

No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.