Is Quick Search Tool safe?
Most notable: read and write cookies.
This extension has not been updated in 30 months. Unmaintained extensions keep whatever permissions they were granted, and security fixes stop arriving.
What it can access (6 permissions)
Read from the extension’s own manifest. These describe what it is technically able to do — not what it does do.
- Read and write cookieshigh
Read session cookies, which in some cases are enough to access an account without the password.
- Tab informationmedium
See the URL and title of every tab you have open.
- Rule-based request filteringmedium
Block or redirect requests via rules, without seeing request contents.
- Local storagelow
Store its own settings and data locally.
- Access *.quicksearchtool.comlow
Read and change content on *.quicksearchtool.com only.
- Access query.quicksearchtool.comlow
Read and change content on query.quicksearchtool.com only.
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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.