Is Fireflies: AI meeting notes safe?
Most notable: access data on all websites, read and write cookies.
What it can access (11 permissions)
Read from the extension’s own manifest. These describe what it is technically able to do — not what it does do.
- Access data on all websitescritical
Read and change the content of every site you visit, including banking and email.
- Read and write cookieshigh
Read session cookies, which in some cases are enough to access an account without the password.
- Inject scriptsmedium
Run its own code inside pages you visit.
- Tab informationmedium
See the URL and title of every tab you have open.
- Local storagelow
Store its own settings and data locally.
- Current tab on clicklow
Access the current tab only when you explicitly click the extension.
- offscreenlow
No documented elevated capability.
- Unlimited local storagelow
Store data locally without the normal quota.
- Notificationslow
Show desktop notifications.
- webNavigationlow
No documented elevated capability.
- idlelow
No documented elevated capability.
Alternatives
- Tactiq: AI note taker for Google Meet, Zoom and MS Teams1M · 8 perms
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- Fellow: Your Secure AI Meeting Assistant70K · 4 perms
- Scribbl: AI Note Taker for Google Meet, Zoom, and MS Teams60K · 10 perms
- Bubbles - AI Meeting Notes & Screen Recorder30K · 7 perms
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Claim this extensionData read from the Chrome Web Store listing on 2026-09-16. Install counts are the store’s own rounded buckets. Permission descriptions are derived from the extension’s published manifest. This page describes capabilities, and is not an accusation of misuse.