Metal Detector

A tracking extension to help administrators find lost or stolen chromebooks

Users5K

Rating5.0

Reviews1

Manifest versionV3

7-day growth-15K

7-day growth rate-75%

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Version1.5

ManifestV3

Size51.12KiB

Languages1English

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POSTs the device's current user, internal ipv4 & v6 addresses, serial number, location information, and session information to a configurable URL at configurable intervals. Useful if you want to track an enterprise managed device. This extension only works if force installed through Google Admin. Source code here: https://github.com/AR-k12code/MetalDetector

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AI product read

Enterprise Chromebook device tracking and telemetry reporting

Helps IT administrators locate lost or stolen managed Chromebooks by periodically reporting device information (user, IP, serial, geolocation) to a configurable server

Extension is force-installed via Google Admin on managed Chromebooks → automatically creates periodic alarms (default 5 min) → on each alarm, collects device user email, serial number, IP addresses, geolocation → POSTs JSON payload to configured server URL → admin uses collected data to locate lost/stolen devices

Target users: Enterprise IT administrators managing Chromebooks through Google Admin / School district technology staff (K-12 context based on repository name AR-k12code)

Small codebase (6 text files, ~168 lines of main logic) provides high confidence in analysis
Extension requires force-installation via Google Admin so normal users cannot install it from the store
Server-side implementation not available for review - the configured server URL determines actual tracking dashboard functionality

Monetization

No paid features detected

No payment, subscription, license, or upgrade mechanisms exist anywhere in the codebase. The 'pro' keyword matches are false positives from JavaScript Promise syntax (background.js:53,58,67,142) and the word 'properties' in schema.json. The extension is open-source (GitHub linked in store description) and free. No Stripe, PayPal, or billing API calls found. No UI for purchasing or upgrading.

Confidence: 95
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Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension operates automatically in the background without requiring any user login. It reads the already-signed-in Chrome profile identity via chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo (background.js:87) but does not present any login UI or authentication flow to the user. The 'auth' feature (schema.json:9-11, background.js:62-73) is an optional server-side device authentication using Chrome Verified Access API, not a user login. The extension is force-installed by administrators via Google Admin and runs silently.

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High-risk permissions

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扩展能力较强：storage
主机权限覆盖范围较宽

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