Is Highlighter Extension safe?

Clean risk

Highlighter Extension scans page text for your saved keywords and stores matching snippets for its popup.

When you open or update regular web pages, Highlighter Extension injects its content script to look for keywords saved in the extension. It sends match counts and snippets from the page back to the extension background so the popup can display and navigate those matches. The available claim does not show this data being sent to an external server.

highlighterextv1.4.4Chrome Web Store
2Risk

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.4.4. 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>

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

Updated 30 September 2026dfhmehiahpefcffojiocmodpapdbglfc