Is HID Credential Management Extension safe?

Clean risk

HID Credential Management is rated clean - our review surfaced no unexpected behavior.

hid-global-chrome-web-storev4.0.1.15Chrome Web Store
1Risk
Who publishes it

HID Global - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
hid-global-chrome-web-store
Declared legal entity
HID Global
Registered address
611 Center Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78753-1013, US
Registered contact
HID Global Corporation

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 1.0M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.0.0.307. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 4.0.1.15, which we have not unpacked yet.

  • Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox

    nativeMessaging

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • Keep running in the background while your browser is open

    background

Updated 30 September 2026ncphcdigcdkjeagemagmchkgommoifjd