Is Dux-Soup for LinkedIn Automation safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• 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 your data on a number of websites
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page
• Manage your downloads
• Manage your apps, extensions, and themes

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: 15 match patterns.

• https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/* only sb.scorecardresearch.com
• https://*.linkedin.com/* linkedin.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.licdn.com/* licdn.com and all its subdomains
• https://hooks.zapier.com/* only hooks.zapier.com
• https://webhook.site/* only webhook.site
• https://local.adguard.com/* only local.adguard.com
• https://www.google.com/* only www.google.com
• https://www.googleapis.com/* only www.googleapis.com
• https://*.dux-soup.com/* dux-soup.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.pipedrive.com/* pipedrive.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.hubspot.com/* hubspot.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.marketingautomation.services/* marketingautomation.services and all its subdomains
• and 3 more

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See, enable and disable your other extensions management
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Sign you in with a Google account identity

Routine for an extension

• Tell whether you are away from the computer idle
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Keep the screen or system awake power
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 15 site patterns.

• *://*.linkedin.com/* linkedin.com and all its subdomains
• *://*.google.com/search* google.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.dux-soup.com/web/* dux-soup.com and all its subdomains

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.

• *://*.dux-soup.com/* dux-soup.com and all its subdomains
• http://localhost/* 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 Lifestyle · Social, 8% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 9% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See, enable and disable your other extensions (management): under 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 26% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 3% 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

50k users

• Last updated in the store 3 days ago, on 2026-10-29.
• We have seen 8 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. 2026-10-29Version 10.2.37
2. 2026-10-16Version 10.2.35
3. 2026-10-09Version 10.2.33
4. 2026-09-21Version 10.2.31
5. 2026-09-09Version 10.2.29
6. 2026-09-08Version 10.2.27
7. 2026-09-08Version 10.2.25
8. 2026-09-03Version 10.2.23

Who publishes it

dux-soup. This listing has been in the store since 2013-11-06 and was last updated on 2026-10-29.

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. HootDM – LinkedIn Automation & Outreach Tool Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 2 site patterns 6 users
2. LinkedIn Copilot Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 4 users
3. Dripli — LinkedIn Outreach Automation Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 4 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 Dux-Soup for LinkedIn Automation access?

Specific sites only: 15 match patterns. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does Dux-Soup for LinkedIn Automation collect?

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

Has Dux-Soup for LinkedIn Automation asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Dux-Soup for LinkedIn Automation publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.