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The webNavigation permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding webNavigation can see every page you navigate to, as it happens.

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
1,808
Share of those we have checked
2.7%
Risk weight
0/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 1,808 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Manifest V3 320M 100
AdBlock — block ads across the web Manifest V3 61M 70
Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Manifest V3 38M 70
360 Internet Protection Manifest V3 18M 90
VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Manifest V3 14M 100
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Online Security Manifest V3 11M 100
Loom – Screen Recorder & Screen Capture Manifest V3 8M 100
NordPass® Password Manager & Digital Vault Manifest V3 8M 78
Avira Browser Safety Manifest V3 7M 100
Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Manifest V3 7M 77
Bitwarden Password Manager Manifest V3 7M 95
WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease Manifest V3 6M 100
AnyDoc Translator - Translate Web and PDF Manifest V3 6M 95
EndNote Click Manifest V3 6M 30
Urban VPN Proxy Manifest V3 6M 100
Tag Assistant Manifest V3 3M 45
Ad Blocker: Stands AdBlocker Manifest V3 3M 45
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection Manifest V3 3M 100
Stylish - Custom themes for any website Manifest V3 2M 70
Google Mail Checker Manifest V3 2M 7
Bitmoji Manifest V3 2M 27
Ghostery AdBlocker for Privacy Manifest V3 2M 100
AdBlocker Ultimate Manifest V3 2M 100
Pop up blocker for Chrome™ - Poper Blocker Manifest V3 2M 65

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