The webRequestBlocking permission
An extension holding webRequestBlocking can
block or alter network requests before they are sent.
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
- 34
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.1%
- Risk weight
- 15/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 34 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampermonkey | Manifest V3 | 12M | 100 |
| IE Tab | Manifest V3 | 4M | 100 |
| Stylus | Manifest V3 | 1M | 89 |
| Guardio Protection for Chrome | Manifest V3 | 600k | 100 |
| Adopt365 (powered by VisualSP) | Manifest V3 | 20k | 70 |
| Auto Answer Edunext | Manifest V3 | 1k | 75 |
| CeptIn Data Usage Tracker | Manifest V3 | 849 | 70 |
| Punch Out for ProcurementExpress.com | Manifest V3 | 564 | 89 |
| Auto Answer Edunext | Manifest V3 | 427 | 75 |
| IE View WE MV3 | Manifest V3 | 402 | 100 |
| EVA Sentinel | Manifest V3 | 152 | 100 |
| Gsocks Proxy Extension | Manifest V3 | 126 | 100 |
| FortiEDR Secure Browser | Manifest V3 | 39 | 100 |
| GreenCheck | Manifest V3 | 28 | 75 |
| Prolibu Extension | Manifest V3 | 25 | 66 |
| PIND.AI | Manifest V3 | 24 | 70 |
| AI Quiz Maker - for study and test prep | Manifest V3 | 23 | 89 |
| Membr Extension | Manifest V3 | 19 | 34 |
| X (Twitter) Bookmark Manager - TweetStorm.ai | Manifest V3 | 17 | 72 |
| Wipass Customer Happiness Extension | Manifest V3 | 12 | 100 |
| Third Web Developer | Manifest V3 | 9 | 100 |
| Manasvita - Mental Wellness | Manifest V3 | 7 | 70 |
| MDAssistant | Manifest V3 | 7 | 75 |
| SnapAPI | Manifest V3 | 6 | 75 |
| Subtravian Hesap Yardımcısı | Manifest V3 | 4 | 37 |
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