Is Open in Google Chrome Browser safe?
Open in Google Chrome Browser lets any web page ask its native host to open a supplied URL in Chrome.
The extension injects a page-accessible bridge on all websites and forwards its messages to the background script. A web page can use that bridge to send a URL and tab context to the companion native host, which then launches Chrome with the supplied URL and may close the original tab.
Who publishes itAndy Portmen - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Andy Portmen - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.3.8. 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
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Open in Google Chrome Browser 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.
- com.add0n.node
Open in Google Chrome Browser sends data to com.add0n.node. 3 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.