Is Google Gemini Open SideBar in Chrome safe?
Google Gemini Open SideBar in Chrome rewrites Gemini response headers so the site can load inside its side panel.
The extension requests access to gemini.google.com and uses declarativeNetRequest rules to remove X-Frame-Options and set Access-Control-Allow-Origin to * on Gemini responses. This lets the Gemini page run inside the extension's side panel; the confirmed claim is limited to header changes for Gemini embedding.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.0.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See which of your requests its blocking rules matched
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
Show a panel beside the page
sidePanel
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Google Gemini Open SideBar in Chrome 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.
- gemini.google.com
Google Gemini Open SideBar in Chrome sends data to gemini.google.com. 16 other extensions we have analysed send data here.