FAQUpdated 2026-04-25·1 min read

Why does Clipus need these permissions?

A line-by-line explanation of every Chrome permission Clipus requests, and what it cannot do with them.

Clipus asks for the minimum permissions needed to capture your live product. The full manifest is below.

The full permission set

  • activeTabRead the page you have open when you press Start Capture.
  • storageSave your local capture session before upload.
  • offscreenRun on-device OCR in an offscreen browser document.

Host permission: https://*/* — only used during an active capture session.

What we deliberately do not ask for

  • tabs — would let us see all open tabs. We only need the active one.
  • cookies — would let us read your sessions. We do not.
  • webRequest — would let us intercept network calls. We do not.
  • bookmarks, history, downloads — none of these are useful for our job.
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