Stable signalNo paid features detectedMedium-risk permissions

Bark for Chrome

Monitor chrome web browsing for inappropriate content.

Users100KCurrent public install base

Rating1.2Store average score

Reviews151Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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1.21

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1.22

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2026年7月15日2026年7月21日

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Version1.3.3

ManifestV3

Size8.82KiB

Languages1English (United States)

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Overview

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Bark for Chrome is installed on the child's Chrome browser to help protect the child against inappropriate content.

Bark detects messages containing cyberbullying, sexting, signs of depression or suicidal thoughts, and many others -- without you having to spend hours reading your child's messages.

Bark supports dozens of popular social media platforms, along with email, and text messaging.

Children spend an increasing amount of time socializing online. Unfortunately, new technology creates new risks. Parents need a smarter solution to help keep their children safe online without sifting through their social media feed or randomly grabbing their child's phone and scrolling through their messages.

You connect your children's accounts and we notify you if and when there's a potential issue. This approach helps to build trust and an open dialog with your family around internet safety.

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Store average score1.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average1.2Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text118Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews151Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Michael Martindale2019年9月27日

i cant watch my YouTube channels l like

Mitchell Douglass2019年9月25日

Last year, my school added this to all of our school and privately owned devices. This is ridiculous because if you have a private device, it should be yours without the school forcefully installing a bunch of spyware that reads your emails and logs you passwords. (Luckily on Windows machines Bark is fairly easy to forcefully remove.) Their claims of "best in class encryption" are also bogus. If it was the "best encryption", then even the world's best computer could not break the encryption it would be so strong. If this company ever had a data breach, hundreds of thousands of kids would have their information leaked on the internet. On a side note, if you use 2FA (2 Factor Authentication), Bark cannot access your social media if you have it enabled. - A disgruntled 7th grader

Gregory Olson2019年8月29日

Bad

Bode Breese2019年5月15日

This filter sucks . It put a virus on my compturer. My school installed it.

Robotic swift67 (TherealOGgamer90123)2019年5月14日

ITS NOT GOOD I WANT TO WATCH VIDEOS.................... ;]

Fustin Jields2019年4月25日

Ruined my personal life on my school chromebook, along with my privacy. VPN ftw!

Owen Noon2019年4月24日

This extension is the scummiest thing out there. my right to privacy has been completely ignored as "bark for chrome" can see everything I am typing, including this here review. I have heard it will install on every device with my school google account on it, and I will check my pc when I get home. This extension goes against my 4th amendment rights, which is not OK. now I would understand if a business required employees to use it, because they are a private business and the employees can quit if they don't like it, but it is used by my school, which is a GOVERNMENT facility! In conclusion, this app mega gay. Nooner Gooner out.

p_petrichor2019年4月2日

This is an invasion of privacy. I had to log in via my home account in order to even write this review- they've blocked the web store on my school email. Can't acess my email on my personal laptop- it transfers over there, too!

Sam McCullough2019年3月1日

The extension is invading our privacy. Isn't there a human right about this or something. Also, from what I've heard there's a virus that comes with it.

AI product read

Parental monitoring Chrome extension that tracks children's web browsing activity and Google Gemini AI interactions, sending the data to Bark's backend for content safety analysis

Helps parents monitor their children's online activity for safety risks (cyberbullying, sexting, depression signals, suicidal thoughts) without manually reading through their messages or social media feeds

1. Parent installs Bark for Chrome on child's Chrome browser (child must be signed into Chrome with Google account). 2. Extension monitors all tab navigations and sends URL/title data to Bark's backend API. 3. Extension also intercepts Gemini AI prompts by monkey-patching XMLHttpRequest on gemini.google.com. 4. All data is tagged with the child's Chrome profile email (via chrome.identity). 5. Bark's backend analyzes content for safety concerns and notifies the parent via the Bark service/parent app.

Target users: Parents who want to monitor their children's online browsing activity / Families using the Bark parental monitoring service

Cannot verify whether Bark's backend API rejects or processes data from accounts without active paid subscriptions
The extension has a very small codebase (5 text files) which limits the surface area for hidden features
No UI code present - the extension operates silently in the background with no popup or options page

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension source code contains no payment processing, subscription tiers, premium feature gating, billing APIs, or upgrade UI. All keyword matches for 'paid' were false positives (matching 'prototype', 'production', 'provider', etc.). The extension is a pure monitoring agent that sends browsing and Gemini prompt data to Bark's backend. Bark.us as a destination service is known to operate on a paid subscription model for parents, but the extension itself does not enforce or gate any functionality behind a paywall.

Confidence: 80
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: Yes
Reason: The extension uses chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo() to retrieve the Chrome user's email address (monitor.js lines 107, 144; watchdog.js lines 29, 50). If no email is found, the extension silently returns without sending any data (monitor.js line 108, 146). This means the Chrome browser profile must be signed into a Google account for the extension to function. The email is sent as an X-Bark-Email header to Bark's backend API. The extension itself has no login UI; it relies entirely on the Chrome profile's Google account.

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Medium-risk permissions

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Publisher

Bark

Brandon Hilkert

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +19493719176
Address: 695 N Kays Drive STE 4 Kaysville, UT 84037 US

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