Privacy Policy for Tabberwocky Tab Defenestrator
All your data stays local, on your device.
This Chrome extension uses information about your open tabs to help you reduce and organize them. It doesn't read page content, track browsing, or share/sell data. No analytics, remote servers, mothership, etc.
This Chrome extension uses information about your open tabs to help you reduce and organize them. It doesn't read page content, track browsing, or share/sell data. No analytics, remote servers, mothership, etc.
Data Used
- URLs and titles of your open tabs (but never page content)
- Window information to group and merge tabs
- Website favicons for visual display in the side panel
- Why:
- For tab management and organization features including closing, sorting, grouping, and merging tabs
- Where:
- Tab info is temporary in-memory; extension data is stored locally on your device
- How long:
- Tab data is cleared when tabs close. No browsing history stored.
- Sharing:
- None. No data leaves your device.
What Tabberwocky Doesn't Do
- Read page content or information submitted to sites
- Access Incognito tabs, or browsing history for tabs no longer open
- Contain any code to transmit data externally
- Require host permissions or run on web pages
- Use analytics, tracking, or external services
Current Window
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xkcd: Tab Explosion
xkcd.com/609/
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/Sticky-Tabs-Notes
Mom Keeping Tabs On Coyote Situation
theonion.com/mom-keeping-tabs
Tabs Pattern | APG | WAI | W3C
www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/tabs/
Jabberwocky - Alice-in-Wonderland.net
www.alice-in-wonderland.net/jabberwocky/
Feed | LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/feed/
One Good Fact about Tab Keys | Britannica
www.britannica.com/one-good-fact
Save TaB Soda – Convince Coca-Cola
savetabsoda.com/
The punched card tabulator | IBM
www.ibm.com/history/punched-card-tabulator
Play Taboo Online Now
playtaboo.com/playpage/
8 Facts About Tabby Cats - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch
pop tab chainmail - YouTube
www.youtube.com/playlist
Click icon to close associated tabs
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To learn more about the Tabberwocky features and functionality, please see the walkthrough.
Under Your Control
- Disable or remove Tabberwocky anytime
- To uninstall, right click on the icon in your Chrome toolbar, or go to chrome://extensions/ → Remove
- Extension fully removed, no trace
Permissions Details
| Permission | Data Accessed | How it's Harnessed | What's not Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
tabs |
• tab.id - Chrome's internal identifier• tab.url - Current URL• tab.title - Page title• tab.favIconUrl - Favicon URL• tab.lastAccessed - Last accessed timestamp• tab.windowId - Window ID and position• tab.active - Active/inactive status• tab.index - Position within window |
• Organize tabs by domain • Find and close duplicates • Merge tabs between windows • Display tab information in UI |
• Data from closed tabs • Browsing history before extension install • Incognito/private browsing tabs • Page content or form data |
tabGroups |
• Tab group IDs and metadata • Group titles, colors, collapsed state |
• Preserve tab group organization during window merge operations • Preserve tab group integrity when ungrouped tabs are sorted |
|
favicon |
• Website favicon image URLs • Favicon image data |
• Display website icons in domain grid • Create favicon proxy for chrome:// pages |
• Website content • Personal information from pages • Cookies or tracking data |
storage |
• Tab state data via chrome.storage.local• Temporary tab organization data |
• Sync real-time tab changes to UI • Store temporary tab organization data • Enable live interface updates |
• Personal files or documents • Data from other extensions • Browser history (for closed tabs) or bookmarks |
sidePanel |
• UI display permission only | • Display the sidepanel • Provide tab management controls |
• Anything else (the sidePanel permission also doesn't grant access to any information) |
contextMenus |
• No data accessed • Right-click menu creation only |
• Add "About" option for right clicking on the extension favicon in Chrome toolbar. This points to the Tabberwocky walkthrough. | • Any user data • Webpage content • Browser information |
Policy Changes
tabGroups permission to support preserving tab group integrity during tab sorting and window merge operations.