Is Dark Mode for Chrome – Simple Reader & Eye Protection Theme safe?
Dark Mode for Chrome exposes a page-visible DOM marker that websites can use to detect the extension.
The extension adds a DOM element with an ID derived from its Chrome runtime ID when pages load. Because this runs on all top-level websites, page scripts can check for that marker and infer that the extension is installed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2.13. 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
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Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting