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The idle permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding idle can see whether you are currently active at your computer.

We give it no weight when scoring how much an extension can reach: on its own it exposes nothing about you.

Extensions we track using it
369
Share of those we have checked
0.5%
Risk weight
0/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 369 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
AdBlock — block ads across the web Manifest V3 61M 70
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Online Security Manifest V3 11M 100
NordPass® Password Manager & Digital Vault Manifest V3 8M 78
Bitwarden Password Manager Manifest V3 7M 95
Momentum Manifest V3 2M 0
Keeper® Password Manager & Digital Vault Manifest V3 2M 100
Checker Plus for Gmail™ Manifest V3 1M 31
Stylus Manifest V3 1M 89
Dashlane — Password Manager Manifest V3 1M 100
BlockSite Block Websites & Stay Focused Manifest V3 1M 100
Guardio Protection for Chrome Manifest V3 600k 100
RoboForm Password Manager Manifest V3 600k 100
PreMiD Manifest V3 400k 67
Speed Dial [FVD] - New Tab Page, 3D, Sync... Manifest V3 400k 70
1Password Nightly – Password Manager Manifest V3 300k 100
Clockify Time Tracker Manifest V3 300k 49
Auto Tab Discard (suspend) Manifest V3 200k 40
Notifier for Gmail™ Manifest V3 200k 34
1688 Purchase Assistant Plugin Manifest V3 200k 100
MightyText - SMS from PC & Text from Computer Manifest V3 200k 21
Zoho Vault - Password Manager Manifest V3 200k 100
iGuge Manifest V3 200k 100
UV Weather Manifest V3 100k 0
Fireflies: AI meeting notes Manifest V3 100k 75

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