Screenshots as the store published them when we checked on .
Why we score it 10
- Asks for a wide set of powerful permissions.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, Browser Redirection Extension can reach every site you visit. Its permission set rates 100 out of 100 for reach — a measure of what it could do, not of anything it has done.
Store rating 3.5 out of 5 from 13 people.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| nativeMessaging | Exchange messages with a companion program installed on your computer. | 20 |
| cookies | Read and change cookies for the sites it has access to, including the ones that keep you signed in. | 15 |
| webRequest | Watch all network traffic from the sites it has access to, including what is sent and received. | 15 |
| bookmarks | Read and change your bookmarks. | 5 |
| tabs | See the addresses and titles of every tab you have open. | 5 |
| activeTab | Read and change the page in the current tab, but only after you click the extension. | - |
| alarms | Schedule its own code to run at set times, even when you are not using it. | - |
| declarativeNetRequest | Block or change requests using rules it declares in advance, without being able to read your traffic. | - |
| sessions | See and restore tabs you recently closed, including on your other devices. | - |
| storage | Save its own settings and data in your browser. | - |
| system.display | See information about your monitors. | - |
| webNavigation | See every page you navigate to, as it happens. | - |
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Read from this extension's own store listing and published manifest on . JSON · Method · Store listing