Chrome extensions can boost your browsing, empowering you to do anything from customizing the look of sites to providing personalized advice when you’re planning a vacation. But as with any software, extensions can also introduce risk.
That’s why we have a team whose only job is to focus on keeping you safe as you install and take advantage of Chrome extensions. Our team:
- Provides you with a personalized summary of the extensions you’ve installed
- Reviews extensions before they’re published on the Chrome Web Store
- Continuously monitors extensions after they’re published
A summary of your extensions
The top of the extensions page (chrome://extensions) warns you of any extensions you have installed that might pose a security risk. (If you don’t see a warning panel, you probably don’t have any extensions you need to worry about.) The panel includes:
- Extensions suspected of including malware
- Extensions that violate Chrome Web Store policies
- Extensions that have been unpublished by a developer, which might indicate that an extension is no longer supported
- Extensions that aren’t from the Chrome Web Store
- Extensions that haven’t published what they do with data they collect and other privacy practices
You’ll get notified when Chrome’s Safety Check has recommendations for you or you can check on your own by running Safety Check. Just type “run safety check” in Chrome’s address bar and select the corresponding shortcut: “Go to Chrome safety check.”
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