# Switch to Brave Browser Reason #35: Check extensions against known security threats

An extension can read or alter large portions of your browsing.

2026-08-31
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Switchboard Tech Services


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## Why this matters

An extension can read or alter large portions of your browsing. A malicious one is effectively inside the locked room. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.

## The protection

On desktop, Safe Browsing can block known malicious, vulnerable, or policy-violating extensions.

## Take action

Install few extensions, review permissions, and heed warnings. A listed extension is not automatically harmless forever. Brave reduces common tracking, but a site you sign in to still knows what you do there. Ordinary browsing also reveals your IP address to the destination.

## Sources

[Safe Browsing in Brave](https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/15222663599629-Safe-Browsing-in-Brave).

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Author: Switchboard Tech Services

Published: 2026-09-01T04:15:58+00:00

Description: Why check extensions against known security threats matters for privacy and security.