The clipboardRead permission
An extension holding clipboardRead can
read whatever you have copied to your clipboard.
We weight it 10 out of 100 when scoring how much an extension can reach. That is a measure of capability, not of behaviour: plenty of extensions need this to do their job.
- Extensions we track using it
- 706
- Share of those we have checked
- 1.1%
- Risk weight
- 10/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 706 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitwarden Password Manager | Manifest V3 | 7M | 95 |
| Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software | Manifest V3 | 700k | 40 |
| Voice In - Voice Typing & Speech-to-Text Dictation | Manifest V3 | 600k | 80 |
| Magical: Text Expander & Autofill | Manifest V3 | 300k | 85 |
| ProWritingAid: Grammar Checker & Paraphrasing Tool | Manifest V3 | 200k | 85 |
| ScreenPal - Screen Recorder & Video Editor | Manifest V3 | 100k | 67 |
| DEPRECATED Secure Shell App | Manifest V2 | 100k | 15 |
| Miro: Whiteboard for Collaboration | Manifest V2 | 100k | 10 |
| AI Blaze: Instantly Use AI in Any Webpage | Manifest V3 | 90k | 55 |
| Vimium C - All by Keyboard | Manifest V3 | 90k | 65 |
| Bible | Manifest V2 | 80k | 15 |
| Transcreen | Manifest V2 | 80k | 100 |
| MerciApp - AI Writing Assistant | Manifest V3 | 70k | 85 |
| MultiversX Wallet | Manifest V3 | 60k | 45 |
| TextCortex: AI Knowledge Base for Enterprises | Manifest V3 | 50k | 50 |
| Moqups · Mockups, Wireframes & Prototyping | Manifest V2 | 50k | 10 |
| Surfingkeys | Manifest V3 | 30k | 100 |
| Workiva | Manifest V3 | 30k | 12 |
| Maven Tools for Salesforce | Manifest V3 | 20k | 52 |
| Amadeus Wallet | Manifest V3 | 20k | 40 |
| Join | Manifest V3 | 20k | 36 |
| heylogin – Password Manager | Manifest V3 | 20k | 100 |
| Zoho Show | Manifest V3 | 20k | 78 |
| Cash Organizer | Manifest V2 | 20k | 10 |
| Ultimate 432Hz Converter : Spotify YouTube Tidal & All Web Music Streaming | Manifest V3 | 10k | 100 |
Counts are of extensions we have checked ourselves, not of the whole Chrome Web Store. Chrome's own reference for developers: developer.chrome.com. How we weight permissions