Is AutoControl: Keyboard shortcuts, Mouse gestures safe?
AutoControl transmits a pseudonymous device ID, OS details, browser info, and usage statistics to its own server on install and update.
When the extension is installed or updated, it sends a POST request to www.autocontrol.app containing a persistent identifier derived at install time, the operating system type and version, browser name and version, language, DPI scale, and on updates, counts of triggered automations and action types used. On errors, it also sends the error message and stack trace. No browsing history or page content is included.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2025.4.22. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Read and change your data on favicon
chrome://favicon/
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Read information about your displays
system.display
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AutoControl contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- www.autocontrol.app
AutoControl sends data to www.autocontrol.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.