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The tabCapture permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding tabCapture can record the contents and audio of a tab.

We weight it 12 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
517
Share of those we have checked
0.8%
Risk weight
12/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 517 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
Loom – Screen Recorder & Screen Capture Manifest V3 8M 100
Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Manifest V3 7M 77
Shazam: Find song names from your browser Manifest V3 5M 12
Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot Manifest V3 4M 100
Volume Booster Manifest V3 2M 42
Speechify — Text to Speech Manifest V3 1M 57
Screen Recorder & Screenshot App for Chrome | Scrnli Manifest V3 1M 97
Mobile simulator - responsive testing tool Manifest V3 1M 82
Equalizer for Chrome browser Manifest V3 500k 12
edpuzzle Manifest V3 500k 77
Music Equalizer & Bass Booster – Sound Enhancer for Chrome Manifest V3 500k 47
Jam Manifest V3 200k 100
ScreenPal - Screen Recorder & Video Editor Manifest V3 100k 67
ViiTor Translate - AI Translation & Real-Time Bilingual Subtitles & Free Manifest V3 100k 52
Volume Control Manifest V3 100k 17
Lingocloud - AI Translate Web, PDF & Subtitles Manifest V3 100k 87
Bluedot: AI notetaker & Meeting Recorder Manifest V3 80k 77
Sound Booster - Increase audio volume above maximum Manifest V3 70k 42
花瓣采集插件 Manifest V3 60k 62
Free Screen Recorder by Vmaker AI Manifest V3 60k 77
CrankWheel Screen Sharing Manifest V3 50k 42
Webcam + Screen Video Recorder Video Editor Manifest V3 50k 95
Arcade: AI Interactive Product Demos Manifest V3 50k 82
PixieBrix Manifest V3 50k 61
Audio Equalizer for Youtube™ Manifest V3 40k 24

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