The management permission
An extension holding management can
see your other extensions and turn them on or off.
We weight it 15 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
- 325
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.5%
- Risk weight
- 15/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 325 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Security | Manifest V3 | 11M | 100 |
| Urban VPN Proxy | Manifest V3 | 6M | 100 |
| Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards | Manifest V3 | 3M | 85 |
| Free VPN For Chrome - VPN Extension - Windscribe | Manifest V3 | 2M | 100 |
| Pie Adblock - A Powerful Free Ad Blocker | Manifest V3 | 2M | 100 |
| ЮБуст - VPN для YouTube. Обход блокировки Ютуб без ВПН. VPN для браузера | Manifest V3 | 2M | 100 |
| Steam Inventory Helper | Manifest V3 | 1M | 100 |
| TunnelBear VPN | Manifest V3 | 1M | 100 |
| Streak CRM for Gmail | Manifest V3 | 700k | 37 |
| Guardio Protection for Chrome | Manifest V3 | 600k | 100 |
| Tag Assistant Companion | Manifest V3 | 500k | 60 |
| Speed Dial [FVD] - New Tab Page, 3D, Sync... | Manifest V3 | 400k | 70 |
| Privacy Test | Manifest V3 | 400k | 33 |
| 1ClickVPN Proxy for Chrome | Manifest V3 | 400k | 100 |
| AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy | Manifest V3 | 400k | 100 |
| Extensity | Manifest V3 | 300k | 15 |
| Compose AI: AI-powered Writing Tool | Manifest V3 | 300k | 85 |
| Pie Shopping: AI Cash Back and Coupons | Manifest V3 | 300k | 100 |
| Urban Browser Guard | Manifest V3 | 300k | 93 |
| Censor Tracker – Proxy for Privacy & Security | Manifest V3 | 300k | 60 |
| NetDocuments | Manifest V3 | 300k | 93 |
| 1Password Nightly – Password Manager | Manifest V3 | 300k | 100 |
| Врубель - VPN для YouTube за 1 руб в день | Manifest V3 | 300k | 100 |
| Live Start Page - Living Wallpapers | Manifest V3 | 200k | 67 |
| iGuge | Manifest V3 | 200k | 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