TabSnapshots is a single-purpose Chrome extension: when you click its toolbar icon, it copies the URLs and titles of every tab in the current Chrome window into a date-stamped folder under a monthly folder on your bookmarks bar (e.g. tabs2605 → tabs2605281430). That is the entire feature.
The extension uses three Chrome permissions, listed in its manifest.json:
| Permission | Why it's needed | What's read |
|---|---|---|
tabs | To know what's currently open when you click the button | The URL and title of each tab in the current window, only at the moment you click the icon |
bookmarks | To find the existing monthly folder (or create one) and add the snapshot inside it | The list of folders on your bookmarks bar; nothing else |
notifications | To show the small "Saved N tabs" toast after a snapshot | Nothing — this is a one-way write |
The only thing written anywhere is the bookmarks the extension creates — and those live in your own Chrome profile, the same place every other bookmark you make lives. Nothing is stored by the extension separately. There is no settings file, no local database, no cache.
None. The extension makes zero network requests. You can verify this in the source: the entire background.js is publicly viewable at ai.wholetech.com/tabsnapshots/, and it contains no fetch(), no XMLHttpRequest, no WebSocket, no remote anything.
Nothing is sold, shared, or transferred to any party. There is no third party in the loop. The extension's only network-touching behavior is when Chrome itself checks the update.xml on this site to see if a new version is available — a standard Chrome update mechanism, the same one used by Web Store extensions, that transmits only your Chrome version and the extension ID.
The extension is appropriate for all ages and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under 13. (See What data is read above — the data never leaves the device.)
Material changes to this policy will be reflected at the top of this page with a new effective date.
If you have a question or want the extension removed entirely from your machines, email walhus@gmail.com. Source for the extension is at ai.wholetech.com/tabsnapshots/.