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title: "Auditing AI Chrome extension permissions for Google Docs, Notion, and enterprise wikis."
description: "Learn how AI Chrome extensions interact with Google Docs, Notion, Confluence, and internal knowledge bases—and how to configure Chrome host access and context controls safely."
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topic: "Specific Use-Case Security Audit"
intent: "Best for teams and professionals who want AI reading assistance on internal docs and wikis without exposing whole workspaces."
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# Auditing AI Chrome extension permissions for Google Docs, Notion, and enterprise wikis.

Learn how AI Chrome extensions interact with Google Docs, Notion, Confluence, and internal knowledge bases—and how to configure Chrome host access and context controls safely.

> **Best fit:** Best for teams and professionals who want AI reading assistance on internal docs and wikis without exposing whole workspaces.

## Technical Permission Audit

- **Manifest Key:** `host_permissions + runtime site controls`
- **Chrome Install Warning:** "Read and change all your data on all websites"
- **Risk Level:** Medium

```json
// In chrome://extensions -> Details -> Site access:
// Option A: "On click" (runs only when you press shortcut/icon)
// Option B: "On specific sites" (allowlist only public docs/sites)
```

### Legitimate Uses
- Summarizing a long RFC or design doc in Confluence or Notion when you highlight a section
- Explaining unfamiliar engineering acronyms or policy clauses inside an internal wiki

### Red Flags to Watch For
- Extensions that automatically index or upload entire Notion workspaces or Google Drive folders in the background
- Extensions that inject persistent rewrite buttons into every collaborative document editor, causing cursor lag

**How Vezz me handles this:** Vezz me never indexes your workspace or runs background syncs. It stays completely inert until you select text and press your shortcut, and lets you choose Minimal, Basic, or Detailed context.

## Step-by-step workflow

1. **Separate browser extensions from workspace integrations**: A workspace integration connects via OAuth to index all your company documents. A user-triggered browser extension like Vezz me only sees the snippet you highlight on screen.
2. **Configure Chrome's per-site access rules**: If your security policy restricts extensions on internal domains, use Chrome's extension settings to scope site access or set it to 'On click'.
3. **Choose the right context level**: Use Detailed context on public technical documentation, and switch to Minimal context when asking about a single phrase inside a sensitive document.

## Why workspace editors are sensitive surfaces for browser extensions

Web apps like Google Docs, Notion, Linear, and Confluence hold drafts, internal roadmaps, and customer notes.

- Heavy writing extensions that attach mutation observers to every keystroke often break undo history or slow down large docs
- Because Vezz me is triggered only by a keyboard shortcut on selected text, it never interferes with typing or collaborative cursors
- No OAuth connection to your Google Drive or Notion account is ever requested

## 3 Chrome controls every professional should know

Chrome gives you built-in sandboxing controls over every installed extension.

- 1. Profile Separation: Keep a dedicated work profile vs personal profile in Chrome
- 2. Site Access Toggle (`chrome://extensions`): Restrict any extension to 'On click' or specific URL patterns
- 3. Incognito Isolation: Extensions are blocked in Incognito windows by default unless you explicitly enable them

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Vezz me connect to my Google Drive or Notion account?

No. Vezz me has no OAuth integration with Google Drive, Google Docs, or Notion, and cannot browse your files. It only processes the text you highlight on your current screen when you press your shortcut.

### Will Vezz me slow down typing in Google Docs or Notion?

No. Unlike grammar checkers that monitor every keystroke and mutate the editor DOM continuously, Vezz me does nothing while you type and only activates when you press your keyboard shortcut.

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- [AI extension privacy checklist](https://vezz.me/blog/ai-chrome-extension-privacy-checklist/): Read our complete guide to evaluating browser AI privacy.
- [Explain legal clauses & contracts](https://vezz.me/use-cases/explain-legal-clauses-and-contracts/): How to review SaaS agreements and policy docs on screen.