Despite Google's safeguards, risks remain.
Simple key event listeners can be bypassed by autofill or password managers. More sophisticated keyloggers don't just listen for keyboard events; they poll the DOM. Every 100 milliseconds, the script checks the value attribute of every input field on the page. If the value has changed, it calculates the difference (the new characters) and logs those. This method catches pastes, drag-and-drop text, and autofilled credentials. keylogger chrome extension work
A Chrome extension consists of several parts. A keylogger would leverage: Despite Google's safeguards, risks remain
You don’t need to be a security expert to defend against extension keyloggers. Despite Google's safeguards