Locksy - Tab Locker & Password Protection
Password-protect your tabs with military-grade PBKDF2 encryption. Instant locking, offline security, 100% private.
As of June 2026, Locksy - Tab Locker & Password Protection has 886 users and a 4.33/5 rating from 21 reviews in the Privacy & Security category.
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Version
2.6.0
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 2 version updates, changed permissions.
History
13 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
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| Apr 1, 2026 | 652 | 4.53 | 17 | 2.4.0 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 681 | 4.53 | 17 | 2.4.0 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | — | 4.26 | 19 | 2.4.0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 6.0K | 4.26 | 19 | 2.5.0 |
| May 7, 2026 | — | 4.30 | 20 | 2.5.0 |
| May 14, 2026 | 3.0K | 4.30 | 20 | 2.5.0 |
| May 19, 2026 | 4.0K | 4.30 | 20 | 2.5.0 |
| May 23, 2026 | — | 4.30 | 20 | 2.5.0 |
| May 28, 2026 | 1.0K | 4.30 | 20 | 2.6.0 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 841 | 4.30 | 20 | 2.6.0 |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 864 | 4.30 | 20 | 2.6.0 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 858 | 4.33 | 21 | 2.6.0 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 861 | 4.33 | 21 | 2.6.0 |
| Now | 886 | 4.33 | 21 | 2.6.0 |
Changelog
- May 23, 2026description
🎯 WHY YOU NEED LOCKSY? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Do you work in shared spaces? Need to step away from your computer but have sensitive information open? Worried about someone seeing your personal tabs when you share your screen? Locksy is your solution. Locksy keeps your sensitive tabs secure with strong password protection and instant biometric unlock (fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello). Whether it's banking information, confidential work documents, personal messages, or private research - only you can access your locked tabs. 🔐 LOCKSY vs DEVICE LOCK? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❌ OS/Device Lock (Windows Lock, macOS Lock, etc.) DOESN'T PROTECT: • Screen sharing sessions - Others can see your tabs during meetings/presentations • Quick shoulder surfing - Anyone can glance at your screen in seconds • Brief moments away - Locking/unlocking your whole device is slow and disruptive • Shared family computers - Family members with login access see everything • Remote desktop connections - Authorized users can access all content • Individual privacy needs - You need to lock ENTIRE device for just ONE sensitive tab ✅ LOCKSY PROVIDES INSTANT, SELECTIVE PROTECTION: • Lock ONLY sensitive tabs, keep working on others • Instant protection (1 second vs 5-10 seconds for device lock) • Works DURING screen sharing - Hide specific tabs while presenting • No disruption - Keep music, downloads, background tasks running • Tab-level granular control - Lock banking but keep email accessible • Domain-wide protection - Lock all work tabs, keep personal tabs open • Quick access - Unlock one tab without unlocking everything • Auto-lock after inactivity - Set and forget automatic protection • Scheduled locking - Automatic protection during specific hours • Biometric unlock - Touch your fingerprint reader or use Face ID to unlock instantly 💡 REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS WHERE LOCKSY SHINES: • Video calls: Share screen without showing private tabs • Coffee shops: Step away for 30 seconds - lock tabs, not entire laptop • Office desk: Colleague asks to look something up - they can't see your locked tabs • Family PC: Everyone logged in - only YOUR tabs need password • Teaching/Demos: Present on one screen while keeping research tabs locked • Quick coffee breaks: 2-second protection vs full device sleep • Multiple users with access: They can use PC but not YOUR sensitive tabs • Work hours: Auto-lock all tabs during 9-5 when you're in office • Overnight protection: Schedule locking from 10 PM to 6 AM automatically ✨ KEY FEATURES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👆 BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • Zero password typing required — just tap to unlock • Your biometric data never leaves your device • Works with: Windows Hello, Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint readers • Falls back to password if biometric unavailable • Enable/disable anytime from settings 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS (NEW v2.5.0) • Lock tabs instantly without opening the popup • Right-click options: Lock this tab, Lock this domain, Lock all tabs • Toggle Stealth Mode directly from right-click menu • No need to click the extension icon — instant protection 🕵️ STEALTH MODE (NEW v2.5.0) • Hide all traces of Locksy from view • Badge counter disappears — no locked tab indicator on icon • All notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while active • No visual clues that tabs are protected • Three ways to toggle: Popup button, Alt+Shift+7, or right-click menu • Works seamlessly — locked tabs still accessible via Alt+U 🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE (NEW v2.5.0) • Switch between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes • Instantly applies across all Locksy pages • Your preference is remembered across sessions • Smooth real-time switching — no page reload • Works on lock screen too 🛡️ STRONG SECURITY • Military-grade encryption (OWASP standard) • Brute-force protection with automatic lockout • 5-minute lockout after 10 failed attempts • Password strength indicator • Zero data collection or analytics • Everything stays on your device • Open-source (verify security yourself) ⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER • Automatic locking after inactivity • Presets: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes + custom (up to 8 hours) • Detects activity: clicks, keyboard, scrolling • Lock all tabs or active tab only 📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING • Automatic locking during specific hours • Custom time range + day selection • Presets: Work Hours (9-5), Night Time (10 PM-6 AM), All Day • Schedule-locked tabs auto-unlock when period ends • Manual locks always stay locked 🌐 DOMAIN LOCK FEATURE • Lock entire domains (e.g., gmail.com, youtube.com) • All current and future tabs of that domain are protected • Wildcard support (*.google.com locks all Google services) • New tabs matching the domain auto-lock 🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once • Works for all lock types: manual, scheduled, domain-locked 🕶️ INCOGNITO MODE SUPPORT • Works seamlessly in private browsing windows • Same master password for normal and incognito tabs ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • Alt+Shift+9 - Lock current tab instantly • Alt+Shift+0 - Open Domain Lock Manager • Alt+Shift+8 - Lock all tabs in window • Alt+Shift+7 - Toggle Stealth Mode (NEW v2.5.0) • All shortcuts are fully customizable 🔒 PRIVACY FIRST ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ 100% Offline - No external servers or data transmission ✅ Zero Tracking - No analytics, cookies, or data collection ✅ Local Storage Only - Everything stays on your device ✅ Open Source - Transparent code on GitHub ✅ Biometric Safe - Your fingerprint/Face ID data never leaves your device ✅ No Passwords Shared - Your master password is never transmitted 🎯 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 Shared Computers - Protect tabs when others use your PC 🏢 Office Environments - Secure sensitive work tabs ☕ Public Spaces - Lock tabs at cafes, libraries, airports 👨👩👧 Family Computers - Keep personal tabs private 🏦 Banking & Finance - Lock entire banking domain 📧 Email & Social Media - Protect communication tabs 🎓 Students - Lock school portals during presentations ⏰ Scheduled Workers - Auto-lock during work hours 🌙 Night Security - Automatic overnight protection ☕ Break Times - Auto-lock after inactivity 🎯 Forgetful Users - Set it once, never worry about forgetting 🆕 VERSION 2.5.0 - CONTEXT MENUS, STEALTH MODE & THEME TOGGLE (LATEST!) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS — LOCK TABS FASTER No need to open the popup anymore! Right-click any page and instantly: 🔒 Lock this tab — instantly protect the current tab with your password 🌐 Lock this domain — add the entire website to your auto-lock list 📂 Lock all tabs — bulk-lock every tab in the browser window 👁️ Toggle Stealth Mode — activate/deactivate stealth from the menu Available everywhere: right-click pages, links, images, text 🕵️ STEALTH MODE — DISAPPEAR Hide every trace of Locksy so no one knows you're using it: • Badge counter vanishes — no locked tab indicators • Notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while stealth is active • Lock status hidden — no visual clues that tabs are protected • Three ways to toggle: Popup, keyboard (Alt+Shift+7), or right-click menu • State saves — preference persists after browser restart • Locked tabs still work — triple-click error or press Alt+U to unlock 🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE — YOUR PREFERENCE New theme switcher in the popup header — choose between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes: • Applies instantly across all Locksy pages • Your choice is remembered across sessions • No page reload needed — smooth real-time switching • Works on the lock screen too 🆕 VERSION 2.4.0 - UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once 🆕 VERSION 2.3.0 - BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • No password typing required 🆕 VERSION 2.2.0 - AUTO-LOCK & SCHEDULED LOCKING • Auto-lock after inactivity (5 min to 8 hours) • Schedule protection during specific hours/days 🌐 LINKS & SUPPORT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 Official Website: https://www.locksy.dev 📖 Privacy Policy: https://www.locksy.dev/privacy-policy 🐛 Report Issues: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy/issues ⭐ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy 💖 Sponsor Project: https://github.com/sponsors/vansh-121 🎥 Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyd4sN5WiA 📧 Contact: [email protected] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔒 Security is not a feature, it's a necessity. Locksy - Your Tabs, Your Password, Your Privacy. Made with ❤️ for Privacy & Security | © 2026 Locksy
🎯 WHY YOU NEED LOCKSY? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Do you work in shared spaces? Need to step away from your computer but have sensitive information open? Worried about someone seeing your personal tabs when you share your screen? Locksy is your solution. Locksy keeps your sensitive tabs secure with strong password protection and instant biometric unlock (fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello). Whether it's banking information, confidential work documents, personal messages, or private research - only you can access your locked tabs. 🔐 LOCKSY vs DEVICE LOCK? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❌ OS/Device Lock (Windows Lock, macOS Lock, etc.) DOESN'T PROTECT: • Screen sharing sessions - Others can see your tabs during meetings/presentations • Quick shoulder surfing - Anyone can glance at your screen in seconds • Brief moments away - Locking/unlocking your whole device is slow and disruptive • Shared family computers - Family members with login access see everything • Remote desktop connections - Authorized users can access all content • Individual privacy needs - You need to lock ENTIRE device for just ONE sensitive tab ✅ LOCKSY PROVIDES INSTANT, SELECTIVE PROTECTION: • Lock ONLY sensitive tabs, keep working on others • Instant protection (1 second vs 5-10 seconds for device lock) • Works DURING screen sharing - Hide specific tabs while presenting • No disruption - Keep music, downloads, background tasks running • Tab-level granular control - Lock banking but keep email accessible • Domain-wide protection - Lock all work tabs, keep personal tabs open • Quick access - Unlock one tab without unlocking everything • Auto-lock after inactivity - Set and forget automatic protection • Scheduled locking - Automatic protection during specific hours • Biometric unlock - Touch your fingerprint reader or use Face ID to unlock instantly 💡 REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS WHERE LOCKSY SHINES: • Video calls: Share screen without showing private tabs • Coffee shops: Step away for 30 seconds - lock tabs, not entire laptop • Office desk: Colleague asks to look something up - they can't see your locked tabs • Family PC: Everyone logged in - only YOUR tabs need password • Teaching/Demos: Present on one screen while keeping research tabs locked • Quick coffee breaks: 2-second protection vs full device sleep • Multiple users with access: They can use PC but not YOUR sensitive tabs • Work hours: Auto-lock all tabs during 9-5 when you're in office • Overnight protection: Schedule locking from 10 PM to 6 AM automatically ✨ KEY FEATURES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👆 BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • Zero password typing required — just tap to unlock • Your biometric data never leaves your device • Works with: Windows Hello, Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint readers • Falls back to password if biometric unavailable • Enable/disable anytime from settings 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS • Lock tabs instantly without opening the popup • Right-click options: Lock this tab, Lock this domain, Lock all tabs • Toggle Stealth Mode directly from right-click menu • No need to click the extension icon — instant protection 🕵️ STEALTH MODE • Hide all traces of Locksy from view • Badge counter disappears — no locked tab indicator on icon • All notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while active • No visual clues that tabs are protected • Three ways to toggle: Popup button, Alt+Shift+7, or right-click menu • Works seamlessly — locked tabs still accessible via Alt+U 📸 INTRUDER DETECTION (NEW v2.6.0) • Automatically captures webcam photos on suspicious unlock attempts • Detects repeated failed password entries (3+ attempts trigger capture) • All photos stored 100% locally — never uploaded or transmitted • New Intruder Log page with grid view of all captured photos • Per-photo delete button or clear entire log at once • Smart storage management — capped at 50 photos (oldest automatically removed) • Feature defaults to OFF • First time setup: You must manually enable camera permission in Chrome settings 🔓 QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL (NEW v2.6.0) • See all currently locked tabs in the popup at a glance • One-click unlock any tab without re-entering your password • No friction — the popup is already authenticated • Shows tab favicon and truncated title • Real-time updates as you lock/unlock tabs • Count badge shows how many tabs are locked 🛡️ STRONG SECURITY • Military-grade encryption (OWASP standard) • Brute-force protection with automatic lockout • 5-minute lockout after 10 failed attempts • Password strength indicator • Zero data collection or analytics • Everything stays on your device • Open-source (verify security yourself) ⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER • Automatic locking after inactivity • Presets: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes + custom (up to 8 hours) • Detects activity: clicks, keyboard, scrolling • Lock all tabs or active tab only 📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING • Automatic locking during specific hours • Custom time range + day selection • Presets: Work Hours (9-5), Night Time (10 PM-6 AM), All Day • Schedule-locked tabs auto-unlock when period ends • Manual locks always stay locked 🌐 DOMAIN LOCK FEATURE • Lock entire domains (e.g., gmail.com, youtube.com) • All current and future tabs of that domain are protected • Wildcard support (*.google.com locks all Google services) • New tabs matching the domain auto-lock 🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once • Works for all lock types: manual, scheduled, domain-locked 🕶️ INCOGNITO MODE SUPPORT • Works seamlessly in private browsing windows • Same master password for normal and incognito tabs ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • Alt+Shift+9 - Lock current tab instantly • Alt+Shift+0 - Open Domain Lock Manager • Alt+Shift+8 - Lock all tabs in window • Alt+Shift+7 - Toggle Stealth Mode (NEW v2.5.0) • All shortcuts are fully customizable 🔒 PRIVACY FIRST ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ 100% Offline - No external servers or data transmission ✅ Zero Tracking - No analytics, cookies, or data collection ✅ Local Storage Only - Everything stays on your device ✅ Open Source - Transparent code on GitHub ✅ Biometric Safe - Your fingerprint/Face ID data never leaves your device ✅ No Passwords Shared - Your master password is never transmitted 🎯 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 Shared Computers - Protect tabs when others use your PC 🏢 Office Environments - Secure sensitive work tabs ☕ Public Spaces - Lock tabs at cafes, libraries, airports 👨👩👧 Family Computers - Keep personal tabs private 🏦 Banking & Finance - Lock entire banking domain 📧 Email & Social Media - Protect communication tabs 🎓 Students - Lock school portals during presentations ⏰ Scheduled Workers - Auto-lock during work hours 🌙 Night Security - Automatic overnight protection ☕ Break Times - Auto-lock after inactivity 🎯 Forgetful Users - Set it once, never worry about forgetting 🆕 VERSION 2.6.0 - INTRUDER DETECTION & QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL (LATEST!) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📸 INTRUDER DETECTION — CATCH SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY Automatically captures webcam photos when someone repeatedly enters the wrong password: • First time setup: You must manually enable camera permission in Chrome settings before Intruder Detection can capture photos • Once camera permission is enabled, Locksy will silently capture photos on suspicious attempts • Silently captures on the 3rd, 4th, 5th… failed attempts • All photos stored 100% locally — never uploaded or transmitted • New Intruder Log page with grid view of all captured photos • Per-photo delete button or delete entire log at once • Each photo tagged with attempt number and exact timestamp • Dark mode support for comfortable viewing • Feature defaults to OFF • Smart storage management — capped at 50 photos (oldest automatically removed) • View your intruder log from the popup with a real-time photo count badge 🔓 QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL — MANAGE LOCKED TABS INSTANTLY New collapsible panel in the popup shows all currently locked tabs: • One-click unlock any tab without re-entering your password • No friction — the popup is already authenticated, so unlock is instant • See favicon, tab title, and unlock button for each locked tab • Real-time updates as you lock and unlock tabs • Count badge auto-hides when no tabs are locked • Perfect for managing multiple sensitive sessions at once 👆 ENHANCED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION Three major biometric improvements in this release: 1. Biometric-Default Preference • New "Use as Default Unlock" toggle in settings • When ON: locked pages open biometric-first — your OS prompt fires automatically • Password is a secondary fallback if biometric fails • When OFF: password remains primary, biometric is a secondary button 2. Visibility-Aware Auto-Trigger • WebAuthn prompts now fire ONLY when the locked tab is visible and focused • Eliminates the NotAllowedError loop that occurred during browser session restore • Shows "Switch to this tab to authenticate" while waiting for focus • Automatically triggers biometric when tab becomes active 3. Popup-Level Biometric Auth • Unlock the Locksy popup itself with your fingerprint or face • Platform-adaptive UI — correct icon/label for your device's biometric method • "Use Password Instead" / "Use Biometric Instead" toggle links • Retry button if biometric fails 🐛 BUG FIXES IN v2.6.0: • Fixed NotAllowedError loop that occurred on browser session restore with multiple locked tabs • Fixed stale state in quick-unlock panel after rapid lock/unlock cycles • Fixed photo storage overflow with automatic pruning 🆕 VERSION 2.5.0 - CONTEXT MENUS, STEALTH MODE & THEME TOGGLE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS — LOCK TABS FASTER No need to open the popup anymore! Right-click any page and instantly: 🔒 Lock this tab — instantly protect the current tab with your password 🌐 Lock this domain — add the entire website to your auto-lock list 📂 Lock all tabs — bulk-lock every tab in the browser window 👁️ Toggle Stealth Mode — activate/deactivate stealth from the menu 🕵️ STEALTH MODE — DISAPPEAR Hide every trace of Locksy so no one knows you're using it: 🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE — YOUR PREFERENCE New theme switcher in the popup header — choose between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes: 🆕 VERSION 2.4.0 - UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once 🆕 VERSION 2.3.0 - BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • No password typing required 🆕 VERSION 2.2.0 - AUTO-LOCK & SCHEDULED LOCKING • Auto-lock after inactivity (5 min to 8 hours) • Schedule protection during specific hours/days 🌐 LINKS & SUPPORT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 Official Website: https://www.locksy.dev 📖 Privacy Policy: https://www.locksy.dev/privacy-policy 🐛 Report Issues: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy/issues ⭐ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy 💖 Sponsor Project: https://github.com/sponsors/vansh-121 🎥 Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyd4sN5WiA 📧 Contact: [email protected] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔒 Security is not a feature, it's a necessity. Locksy - Your Tabs, Your Password, Your Privacy. Made with ❤️ for Privacy & Security | © 2026 Locksy - Apr 22, 2026description
🎯 WHY YOU NEED LOCKSY? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Do you work in shared spaces? Need to step away from your computer but have sensitive information open? Worried about someone seeing your personal tabs when you share your screen? Locksy is your solution. Locksy provides enterprise-level tab protection with PBKDF2 key derivation (600,000 iterations) and WebAuthn biometric authentication (fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello) that ensures only YOU can access your locked tabs. Whether it's banking information, confidential work documents, personal messages, or private research - Locksy keeps your tabs secure with military-grade password protection and instant biometric unlock that can't be bypassed. 🔐 LOCKSY vs DEVICE LOCK ? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❌ OS/Device Lock (Windows Lock, macOS Lock, etc.) DOESN'T PROTECT: • Screen sharing sessions - Others can see your tabs during meetings/presentations • Quick shoulder surfing - Anyone can glance at your screen in seconds • Brief moments away - Locking/unlocking your whole device is slow and disruptive • Shared family computers - Family members with login access see everything • Remote desktop connections - Authorized users can access all content • Individual privacy needs - You need to lock ENTIRE device for just ONE sensitive tab ✅ LOCKSY PROVIDES INSTANT, SELECTIVE PROTECTION: • Lock ONLY sensitive tabs, keep working on others • Instant protection (1 second vs 5-10 seconds for device lock) • Works DURING screen sharing - Hide specific tabs while presenting • No disruption - Keep music, downloads, background tasks running • Tab-level granular control - Lock banking but keep email accessible • Domain-wide protection - Lock all work tabs, keep personal tabs open • Quick access - Unlock one tab without unlocking everything • Auto-lock after inactivity - Set and forget automatic protection • Scheduled locking - Automatic protection during specific hours • NEW: Biometric unlock - Touch your fingerprint reader or use Face ID to unlock instantly 💡 REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS WHERE LOCKSY SHINES: • Video calls: Share screen without showing private tabs • Coffee shops: Step away for 30 seconds - lock tabs, not entire laptop • Office desk: Colleague asks to look something up - they can't see your locked tabs • Family PC: Everyone logged in - only YOUR tabs need password • Teaching/Demos: Present on one screen while keeping research tabs locked • Quick coffee breaks: 2-second protection vs full device sleep • Multiple users with access: They can use PC but not YOUR sensitive tabs • Work hours: Auto-lock all tabs during 9-5 when you're in office • Overnight protection: Schedule locking from 10 PM to 6 AM automatically ✨ KEY FEATURES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👆 BIOMETRIC UNLOCK (NEW in v2.3.0) • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint reader, Face ID, or Windows Hello • WebAuthn/FIDO2 — the same standard used by banks and governments • Biometric data NEVER leaves your device — processed entirely by your OS • Zero password typing required after setup • Supports: macOS Touch ID, iOS Face ID/Touch ID, Android biometrics, Windows Hello • Falls back to master password if biometric is unavailable • Hardware-bound credential — cannot be phished or stolen • Instant unlock — faster than typing your password 🛡️ MILITARY-GRADE SECURITY • PBKDF2-SHA256 Key Derivation - 600,000 iterations (OWASP 2023 compliant) • ~120 YEARS to crack 8-character password vs ~7 days with basic hashing • Timing attack protection with constant-time comparison • Advanced rate limiting with exponential backoff (3 free attempts) • 5-minute lockout after 10 failed attempts with live countdown • 256-bit derived keys with unique 128-bit cryptographic salts • Protection against rainbow tables, brute force, and timing attacks • No administrative bypass or backdoor access • XSS prevention with safe DOM methods ⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER • Automatic locking after periods of inactivity • Preset durations: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes • Custom duration support: 1-480 minutes (up to 8 hours) • Smart activity tracking across tabs, navigation, and window focus • Detects mouse clicks, keyboard input, scrolling, video playback • Automatic timer reset on any user interaction • Real-time status display with countdown information • Desktop notifications when auto-lock activates • Choose to lock all tabs or only active tab • Perfect for: coffee breaks, meetings, stepping away from desk 📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING • Time-based automatic locking during specific hours • Custom start and end time configuration (24-hour format) • Day selection: Choose specific days (Mon-Fri, weekends, etc.) • Quick preset options: - Work Hours (9 AM - 5 PM) - Night Time (10 PM - 6 AM) - All Day (24/7 protection) • Automatic locking when entering scheduled period • Notifications for schedule activation and deactivation • Real-time schedule status indicator • Scope options: Lock all tabs or only active tab • Supports overnight schedules (e.g., 10 PM to 6 AM) • Persistent scheduling using Chrome Alarms API • Perfect for: office hours, overnight protection, recurring schedules 🌐 DOMAIN LOCK FEATURE • Lock entire domains with one click - all matching tabs automatically protected • Wildcard subdomain support (*.google.com locks all Google services) • Exact domain matching (github.com locks only GitHub) • Auto-lock new tabs that match locked domain patterns • Customizable unlock preferences per domain • Persistent across browser restarts • Dedicated Domain Lock Manager interface 🔐 ONE-CLICK TAB LOCKING • Lock any website tab with a single click • Password-protected overlay covers entire page • Unlock only by entering correct master password • Persistent locks survive page refreshes and navigation 🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS (NEW in v2.4.0) • One-click button in popup to unlock every locked tab simultaneously • All tabs navigate back to their original URLs at the same time • Batch operation — instant, not sequential 🕶️ INCOGNITO MODE SUPPORT • Works seamlessly in private browsing windows • Same master password for normal and incognito tabs • Enable in extension settings with one click ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • Lock current tab instantly - Alt+Shift+9 (customizable) • Open Domain Lock Manager - Alt+Shift+0 • Lock all tabs in window - Alt+Shift+8 • Automatic safety checks (password, activation status) • Bulk operations with instant feedback • Fully customizable shortcuts in browser settings 🔄 SERVICE WORKER PERSISTENCE • Locked tabs remain protected even after browser sleep • Domain locks automatically restored after inactivity • Automatic state restoration after service worker wake-up • Badge counter persists across sessions • Scheduled locks continue working after browser restart 🔒 PRIVACY & SECURITY GUARANTEE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ 100% Offline Operation - No external servers or data transmission ✅ Zero Tracking - No analytics, cookies, or user tracking ✅ Local Storage Only - All data stays on your device ✅ Open Source - Transparent code available on GitHub ✅ No Permissions Abuse - Only essential permissions requested ✅ PBKDF2 Protection - 600,000 iterations, OWASP 2023 compliant (v2.0.0) ✅ Rate Limiting - Exponential backoff with 5-min lockout (v2.0.0) ✅ Timing Attack Protection - Constant-time comparison (v2.0.0) ✅ Rainbow Table Protection - Unique salts prevent precomputed attacks ✅ XSS Protection - Secure DOM methods prevent code injection ✅ Brute Force Protection - 120 years crack time for 8-char password (v2.0.0) ✅ Activity Tracking - Local only, no data sent externally (v2.2.0) ✅ Alarms API - Used only for local scheduling, no external communication (v2.2.0) ✅ Biometric Auth - WebAuthn/FIDO2, credential never leaves your device (v2.3.0) ✅ Zero Biometric Storage - No fingerprint/face data stored by Locksy (v2.3.0) 🎯 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 Shared Computers - Protect tabs when others use your PC 🏢 Office Environments - Secure sensitive work tabs and entire work domains ☕ Public Spaces - Lock tabs at cafes, libraries, airports 👨👩👧 Family Computers - Keep personal tabs private 🏦 Banking & Finance - Lock entire banking domain for maximum security 📧 Email & Social Media - Protect all email/social media tabs at once 🔐 Password Managers - Secure your password vault tabs and domains 🎓 Students - Lock school portal domains during shared screen presentations ⏰ Scheduled Workers - Auto-lock during work hours, unlock after hours 🌙 Night Security - Automatic overnight protection while you sleep ☕ Break Times - Auto-lock after 5-15 minutes of inactivity 🎯 Forgetful Users - Set it once, never worry about forgetting to lock 👆 Biometric Users - Instant fingerprint/face unlock without typing passwords 🚀 HOW TO USE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Individual Tab Lock: 1️⃣ Click the Locksy icon in your browser toolbar 2️⃣ Activate the extension with the toggle switch 3️⃣ Set your master password (8+ characters recommended) 4️⃣ Navigate to any tab you want to protect 5️⃣ Click "🔒 Lock Current Tab" button (or press Alt+Shift+9) 6️⃣ Tab is now secured with password overlay and lock icon 7️⃣ Enter password on the tab to unlock Domain Lock: 1️⃣ Click "🌐 Domain Lock" in the Locksy popup (or press Alt+Shift+0) 2️⃣ Enter domain pattern (e.g., "github.com" or "*.google.com") 3️⃣ Click "Add Domain Lock" 4️⃣ All current and future tabs matching the domain are automatically locked 5️⃣ Manage locked domains in Domain Lock Manager 6️⃣ Choose unlock preference for each domain Auto-Lock Timer (NEW): 1️⃣ Open Locksy popup and scroll to "⏱️ Auto-Lock Timer" 2️⃣ Toggle "Enable Auto-Lock" switch 3️⃣ Select preset duration (5, 15, 30, 60 min) or set custom duration 4️⃣ Choose lock scope (all tabs or active tab only) 5️⃣ Timer starts automatically and resets on any browser activity 6️⃣ Get notified when tabs are auto-locked after inactivity Scheduled Locking (NEW): 1️⃣ Open Locksy popup and scroll to "📅 Scheduled Locking" 2️⃣ Toggle "Enable Schedule" switch 3️⃣ Set start time and end time (e.g., 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM) 4️⃣ Select days of week (Mon-Fri, weekends, or custom) 5️⃣ Choose lock scope (all tabs or active tab only) 6️⃣ Use quick presets or create custom schedule 7️⃣ Tabs automatically lock/unlock based on your schedule Biometric Unlock Setup (NEW): 1️⃣ Open Locksy popup and go to Settings 2️⃣ Scroll to "🔐 Biometric Lock" section 3️⃣ Toggle "Enable Biometric Unlock" 4️⃣ Confirm with your fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello 5️⃣ Biometric is now set — tap your reader to unlock any locked tab instantly Keyboard Shortcuts: • Alt+Shift+9 - Lock current tab instantly • Alt+Shift+0 - Open Domain Lock Manager • Alt+Shift+8 - Lock all tabs in current window • Customize at chrome://extensions/shortcuts 🔒 WHAT MAKES LOCKSY DIFFERENT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🆚 Better Than OS/Device Lock - Selective tab protection (lock ONE tab, not entire device) - Instant 1-second locking vs 5-10 seconds for device sleep - Works during screen sharing and video calls - No workflow disruption (keep other apps running) - Perfect for authorized users on shared devices - Quick unlock for specific tabs only - Auto-lock timer for hands-free protection - Scheduled locking for recurring protection needs 🔐 Enterprise-Grade Security (v2.0.0) - PBKDF2 key derivation with 600,000 iterations - 120 YEARS crack time vs 7 DAYS with basic hashing - Centralized rate limiting (prevents bypass attacks) - Timing attack protection (constant-time comparison) - Advanced exponential backoff with 5-min lockout - Live countdown timers and progressive warnings 👆 Instant Biometric Unlock (v2.3.0) - Fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello support - WebAuthn/FIDO2 — zero biometric data stored by Locksy - Hardware-bound credential, immune to phishing - Works on macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux - Falls back gracefully to master password ⏰ Smart Automation (v2.2.0) - Auto-lock after inactivity periods - Scheduled locking for specific hours - Day selection for work week/weekend schedules - Smart activity detection prevents false triggers - Persistent scheduling survives browser restarts - Real-time status indicators Power User Features - Pre-configured keyboard shortcuts that work out-of-the-box - Visual lock indicators on tab favicons - Badge counter showing locked tabs count - Bulk operations (lock all tabs with one keystroke) - Fully customizable shortcuts Revolutionary Domain Protection - Lock entire domains with wildcard support - Auto-lock new tabs matching domain patterns - Flexible unlock options (tab-only, all tabs, remove lock) - Persistent domain locks across sessions Smart & Reliable - Real-time feedback with live countdown timers - Clear explanations when tabs can't be locked - Auto-recovery after service worker sleep - Smart temporary exemptions for domain locks - Visual updates across all operations - Chrome Alarms API for reliable scheduling 🆕 VERSION 2.4.0 - UNLOCK ALL TABS (LATEST!) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS • New button in the popup — unlocks every locked tab with a single click • True batch operation: all tabs navigate back simultaneously, not one by one • Works across all lock types: manually locked, scheduled, and domain-locked tabs 🐛 BUG FIXES • Fixed temporarily unlocked tabs state not persisting correctly after a scheduled lock period ends • Service worker restart no longer causes previously bypassed domain-lock tabs to be re-locked unexpectedly 🆕 VERSION 2.3.0 - BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • WebAuthn/FIDO2 biometric unlock — fingerprint, Face ID, Windows Hello • Instant touch-to-unlock on any locked tab — no password typing • Biometric credential is hardware-bound and never leaves your device • Supports all major platforms: macOS Touch ID, iOS Face ID/Touch ID, Android, Windows Hello • Graceful fallback to master password when biometric is unavailable • Secure setup flow with hardware verification before enabling • Zero storage of biometric data by Locksy — handled entirely by your OS/browser 📱 RESPONSIVE & POLISHED UI • Fully responsive popup — looks great on all screen sizes and zoom levels • Smooth animations and improved visual hierarchy • Cleaner settings layout with better section grouping • "What's New" overlay on update to highlight new features 🆕 VERSION 2.2.0 - AUTO-LOCK & SCHEDULED LOCKING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER • Automatic locking after periods of inactivity • Preset durations: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes + custom (1-480 min) • Smart activity tracking: clicks, keyboard, scrolling, video playback • Timer resets automatically on any user interaction • Real-time status display with countdown • Desktop notifications on activation • Lock scope: all tabs or active tab only • Perfect for coffee breaks and meetings 📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING • Time-based automatic locking during specific hours • Custom start/end time with 24-hour format • Day selection: individual days, weekdays, weekends, or every day • Quick presets: Work Hours, Night Time, All Day • Automatic locking when entering scheduled period • Real-time schedule status with active/inactive indicators • Scope options: lock all tabs or only active tab • Supports overnight schedules (e.g., 10 PM - 6 AM) • Notifications for schedule activation 🌐 LINKS & SUPPORT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 Official Website: https://locksy.dev 📖 Privacy Policy: https://locksy.dev/privacy-policy 🐛 Report Issues: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy/issues ⭐ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy 💖 Sponsor Project: https://github.com/sponsors/vansh-121 🎥 Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyd4sN5WiA 📧 Contact: [email protected] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔒 Security is not a feature, it's a necessity. Locksy - Your Tabs, Your Password, Your Privacy. Made with ❤️ for Privacy & Security | © 2026 Locksy
🎯 WHY YOU NEED LOCKSY? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Do you work in shared spaces? Need to step away from your computer but have sensitive information open? Worried about someone seeing your personal tabs when you share your screen? Locksy is your solution. Locksy keeps your sensitive tabs secure with strong password protection and instant biometric unlock (fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello). Whether it's banking information, confidential work documents, personal messages, or private research - only you can access your locked tabs. 🔐 LOCKSY vs DEVICE LOCK? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❌ OS/Device Lock (Windows Lock, macOS Lock, etc.) DOESN'T PROTECT: • Screen sharing sessions - Others can see your tabs during meetings/presentations • Quick shoulder surfing - Anyone can glance at your screen in seconds • Brief moments away - Locking/unlocking your whole device is slow and disruptive • Shared family computers - Family members with login access see everything • Remote desktop connections - Authorized users can access all content • Individual privacy needs - You need to lock ENTIRE device for just ONE sensitive tab ✅ LOCKSY PROVIDES INSTANT, SELECTIVE PROTECTION: • Lock ONLY sensitive tabs, keep working on others • Instant protection (1 second vs 5-10 seconds for device lock) • Works DURING screen sharing - Hide specific tabs while presenting • No disruption - Keep music, downloads, background tasks running • Tab-level granular control - Lock banking but keep email accessible • Domain-wide protection - Lock all work tabs, keep personal tabs open • Quick access - Unlock one tab without unlocking everything • Auto-lock after inactivity - Set and forget automatic protection • Scheduled locking - Automatic protection during specific hours • Biometric unlock - Touch your fingerprint reader or use Face ID to unlock instantly 💡 REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS WHERE LOCKSY SHINES: • Video calls: Share screen without showing private tabs • Coffee shops: Step away for 30 seconds - lock tabs, not entire laptop • Office desk: Colleague asks to look something up - they can't see your locked tabs • Family PC: Everyone logged in - only YOUR tabs need password • Teaching/Demos: Present on one screen while keeping research tabs locked • Quick coffee breaks: 2-second protection vs full device sleep • Multiple users with access: They can use PC but not YOUR sensitive tabs • Work hours: Auto-lock all tabs during 9-5 when you're in office • Overnight protection: Schedule locking from 10 PM to 6 AM automatically ✨ KEY FEATURES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👆 BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • Zero password typing required — just tap to unlock • Your biometric data never leaves your device • Works with: Windows Hello, Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint readers • Falls back to password if biometric unavailable • Enable/disable anytime from settings 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS (NEW v2.5.0) • Lock tabs instantly without opening the popup • Right-click options: Lock this tab, Lock this domain, Lock all tabs • Toggle Stealth Mode directly from right-click menu • No need to click the extension icon — instant protection 🕵️ STEALTH MODE (NEW v2.5.0) • Hide all traces of Locksy from view • Badge counter disappears — no locked tab indicator on icon • All notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while active • No visual clues that tabs are protected • Three ways to toggle: Popup button, Alt+Shift+7, or right-click menu • Works seamlessly — locked tabs still accessible via Alt+U 🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE (NEW v2.5.0) • Switch between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes • Instantly applies across all Locksy pages • Your preference is remembered across sessions • Smooth real-time switching — no page reload • Works on lock screen too 🛡️ STRONG SECURITY • Military-grade encryption (OWASP standard) • Brute-force protection with automatic lockout • 5-minute lockout after 10 failed attempts • Password strength indicator • Zero data collection or analytics • Everything stays on your device • Open-source (verify security yourself) ⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER • Automatic locking after inactivity • Presets: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes + custom (up to 8 hours) • Detects activity: clicks, keyboard, scrolling • Lock all tabs or active tab only 📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING • Automatic locking during specific hours • Custom time range + day selection • Presets: Work Hours (9-5), Night Time (10 PM-6 AM), All Day • Schedule-locked tabs auto-unlock when period ends • Manual locks always stay locked 🌐 DOMAIN LOCK FEATURE • Lock entire domains (e.g., gmail.com, youtube.com) • All current and future tabs of that domain are protected • Wildcard support (*.google.com locks all Google services) • New tabs matching the domain auto-lock 🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once • Works for all lock types: manual, scheduled, domain-locked 🕶️ INCOGNITO MODE SUPPORT • Works seamlessly in private browsing windows • Same master password for normal and incognito tabs ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • Alt+Shift+9 - Lock current tab instantly • Alt+Shift+0 - Open Domain Lock Manager • Alt+Shift+8 - Lock all tabs in window • Alt+Shift+7 - Toggle Stealth Mode (NEW v2.5.0) • All shortcuts are fully customizable 🔒 PRIVACY FIRST ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ 100% Offline - No external servers or data transmission ✅ Zero Tracking - No analytics, cookies, or data collection ✅ Local Storage Only - Everything stays on your device ✅ Open Source - Transparent code on GitHub ✅ Biometric Safe - Your fingerprint/Face ID data never leaves your device ✅ No Passwords Shared - Your master password is never transmitted 🎯 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 Shared Computers - Protect tabs when others use your PC 🏢 Office Environments - Secure sensitive work tabs ☕ Public Spaces - Lock tabs at cafes, libraries, airports 👨👩👧 Family Computers - Keep personal tabs private 🏦 Banking & Finance - Lock entire banking domain 📧 Email & Social Media - Protect communication tabs 🎓 Students - Lock school portals during presentations ⏰ Scheduled Workers - Auto-lock during work hours 🌙 Night Security - Automatic overnight protection ☕ Break Times - Auto-lock after inactivity 🎯 Forgetful Users - Set it once, never worry about forgetting 🆕 VERSION 2.5.0 - CONTEXT MENUS, STEALTH MODE & THEME TOGGLE (LATEST!) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS — LOCK TABS FASTER No need to open the popup anymore! Right-click any page and instantly: 🔒 Lock this tab — instantly protect the current tab with your password 🌐 Lock this domain — add the entire website to your auto-lock list 📂 Lock all tabs — bulk-lock every tab in the browser window 👁️ Toggle Stealth Mode — activate/deactivate stealth from the menu Available everywhere: right-click pages, links, images, text 🕵️ STEALTH MODE — DISAPPEAR Hide every trace of Locksy so no one knows you're using it: • Badge counter vanishes — no locked tab indicators • Notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while stealth is active • Lock status hidden — no visual clues that tabs are protected • Three ways to toggle: Popup, keyboard (Alt+Shift+7), or right-click menu • State saves — preference persists after browser restart • Locked tabs still work — triple-click error or press Alt+U to unlock 🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE — YOUR PREFERENCE New theme switcher in the popup header — choose between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes: • Applies instantly across all Locksy pages • Your choice is remembered across sessions • No page reload needed — smooth real-time switching • Works on the lock screen too 🆕 VERSION 2.4.0 - UNLOCK ALL TABS • Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once 🆕 VERSION 2.3.0 - BIOMETRIC UNLOCK • Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello • No password typing required 🆕 VERSION 2.2.0 - AUTO-LOCK & SCHEDULED LOCKING • Auto-lock after inactivity (5 min to 8 hours) • Schedule protection during specific hours/days 🌐 LINKS & SUPPORT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 Official Website: https://www.locksy.dev 📖 Privacy Policy: https://www.locksy.dev/privacy-policy 🐛 Report Issues: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy/issues ⭐ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy 💖 Sponsor Project: https://github.com/sponsors/vansh-121 🎥 Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyd4sN5WiA 📧 Contact: [email protected] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔒 Security is not a feature, it's a necessity. 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🎯 WHY YOU NEED LOCKSY?
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Do you work in shared spaces? Need to step away from your computer but have sensitive information open? Worried about someone seeing your personal tabs when you share your screen? Locksy is your solution.
Locksy keeps your sensitive tabs secure with strong password protection and instant biometric unlock (fingerprint / Face ID / Windows Hello). Whether it's banking information, confidential work documents, personal messages, or private research - only you can access your locked tabs.
🔐 LOCKSY vs DEVICE LOCK?
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❌ OS/Device Lock (Windows Lock, macOS Lock, etc.) DOESN'T PROTECT:
• Screen sharing sessions - Others can see your tabs during meetings/presentations
• Quick shoulder surfing - Anyone can glance at your screen in seconds
• Brief moments away - Locking/unlocking your whole device is slow and disruptive
• Shared family computers - Family members with login access see everything
• Remote desktop connections - Authorized users can access all content
• Individual privacy needs - You need to lock ENTIRE device for just ONE sensitive tab
✅ LOCKSY PROVIDES INSTANT, SELECTIVE PROTECTION:
• Lock ONLY sensitive tabs, keep working on others
• Instant protection (1 second vs 5-10 seconds for device lock)
• Works DURING screen sharing - Hide specific tabs while presenting
• No disruption - Keep music, downloads, background tasks running
• Tab-level granular control - Lock banking but keep email accessible
• Domain-wide protection - Lock all work tabs, keep personal tabs open
• Quick access - Unlock one tab without unlocking everything
• Auto-lock after inactivity - Set and forget automatic protection
• Scheduled locking - Automatic protection during specific hours
• Biometric unlock - Touch your fingerprint reader or use Face ID to unlock instantly
💡 REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS WHERE LOCKSY SHINES:
• Video calls: Share screen without showing private tabs
• Coffee shops: Step away for 30 seconds - lock tabs, not entire laptop
• Office desk: Colleague asks to look something up - they can't see your locked tabs
• Family PC: Everyone logged in - only YOUR tabs need password
• Teaching/Demos: Present on one screen while keeping research tabs locked
• Quick coffee breaks: 2-second protection vs full device sleep
• Multiple users with access: They can use PC but not YOUR sensitive tabs
• Work hours: Auto-lock all tabs during 9-5 when you're in office
• Overnight protection: Schedule locking from 10 PM to 6 AM automatically
✨ KEY FEATURES
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👆 BIOMETRIC UNLOCK
• Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello
• Zero password typing required — just tap to unlock
• Your biometric data never leaves your device
• Works with: Windows Hello, Touch ID, Face ID, fingerprint readers
• Falls back to password if biometric unavailable
• Enable/disable anytime from settings
🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS
• Lock tabs instantly without opening the popup
• Right-click options: Lock this tab, Lock this domain, Lock all tabs
• Toggle Stealth Mode directly from right-click menu
• No need to click the extension icon — instant protection
🕵️ STEALTH MODE
• Hide all traces of Locksy from view
• Badge counter disappears — no locked tab indicator on icon
• All notifications silenced — zero pop-ups while active
• No visual clues that tabs are protected
• Three ways to toggle: Popup button, Alt+Shift+7, or right-click menu
• Works seamlessly — locked tabs still accessible via Alt+U
📸 INTRUDER DETECTION (NEW v2.6.0)
• Automatically captures webcam photos on suspicious unlock attempts
• Detects repeated failed password entries (3+ attempts trigger capture)
• All photos stored 100% locally — never uploaded or transmitted
• New Intruder Log page with grid view of all captured photos
• Per-photo delete button or clear entire log at once
• Smart storage management — capped at 50 photos (oldest automatically removed)
• Feature defaults to OFF
• First time setup: You must manually enable camera permission in Chrome settings
🔓 QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL (NEW v2.6.0)
• See all currently locked tabs in the popup at a glance
• One-click unlock any tab without re-entering your password
• No friction — the popup is already authenticated
• Shows tab favicon and truncated title
• Real-time updates as you lock/unlock tabs
• Count badge shows how many tabs are locked
🛡️ STRONG SECURITY
• Military-grade encryption (OWASP standard)
• Brute-force protection with automatic lockout
• 5-minute lockout after 10 failed attempts
• Password strength indicator
• Zero data collection or analytics
• Everything stays on your device
• Open-source (verify security yourself)
⏱️ AUTO-LOCK TIMER
• Automatic locking after inactivity
• Presets: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes + custom (up to 8 hours)
• Detects activity: clicks, keyboard, scrolling
• Lock all tabs or active tab only
📅 SCHEDULED LOCKING
• Automatic locking during specific hours
• Custom time range + day selection
• Presets: Work Hours (9-5), Night Time (10 PM-6 AM), All Day
• Schedule-locked tabs auto-unlock when period ends
• Manual locks always stay locked
🌐 DOMAIN LOCK FEATURE
• Lock entire domains (e.g., gmail.com, youtube.com)
• All current and future tabs of that domain are protected
• Wildcard support (*.google.com locks all Google services)
• New tabs matching the domain auto-lock
🔓 UNLOCK ALL TABS
• Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once
• Works for all lock types: manual, scheduled, domain-locked
🕶️ INCOGNITO MODE SUPPORT
• Works seamlessly in private browsing windows
• Same master password for normal and incognito tabs
⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
• Alt+Shift+9 - Lock current tab instantly
• Alt+Shift+0 - Open Domain Lock Manager
• Alt+Shift+8 - Lock all tabs in window
• Alt+Shift+7 - Toggle Stealth Mode (NEW v2.5.0)
• All shortcuts are fully customizable
🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
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✅ 100% Offline - No external servers or data transmission
✅ Zero Tracking - No analytics, cookies, or data collection
✅ Local Storage Only - Everything stays on your device
✅ Open Source - Transparent code on GitHub
✅ Biometric Safe - Your fingerprint/Face ID data never leaves your device
✅ No Passwords Shared - Your master password is never transmitted
🎯 PERFECT FOR
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👥 Shared Computers - Protect tabs when others use your PC
🏢 Office Environments - Secure sensitive work tabs
☕ Public Spaces - Lock tabs at cafes, libraries, airports
👨👩👧 Family Computers - Keep personal tabs private
🏦 Banking & Finance - Lock entire banking domain
📧 Email & Social Media - Protect communication tabs
🎓 Students - Lock school portals during presentations
⏰ Scheduled Workers - Auto-lock during work hours
🌙 Night Security - Automatic overnight protection
☕ Break Times - Auto-lock after inactivity
🎯 Forgetful Users - Set it once, never worry about forgetting
🆕 VERSION 2.6.0 - INTRUDER DETECTION & QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL (LATEST!)
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📸 INTRUDER DETECTION — CATCH SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
Automatically captures webcam photos when someone repeatedly enters the wrong password:
• First time setup: You must manually enable camera permission in Chrome settings before Intruder Detection can capture photos
• Once camera permission is enabled, Locksy will silently capture photos on suspicious attempts
• Silently captures on the 3rd, 4th, 5th… failed attempts
• All photos stored 100% locally — never uploaded or transmitted
• New Intruder Log page with grid view of all captured photos
• Per-photo delete button or delete entire log at once
• Each photo tagged with attempt number and exact timestamp
• Dark mode support for comfortable viewing
• Feature defaults to OFF
• Smart storage management — capped at 50 photos (oldest automatically removed)
• View your intruder log from the popup with a real-time photo count badge
🔓 QUICK-UNLOCK PANEL — MANAGE LOCKED TABS INSTANTLY
New collapsible panel in the popup shows all currently locked tabs:
• One-click unlock any tab without re-entering your password
• No friction — the popup is already authenticated, so unlock is instant
• See favicon, tab title, and unlock button for each locked tab
• Real-time updates as you lock and unlock tabs
• Count badge auto-hides when no tabs are locked
• Perfect for managing multiple sensitive sessions at once
👆 ENHANCED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION
Three major biometric improvements in this release:
1. Biometric-Default Preference
• New "Use as Default Unlock" toggle in settings
• When ON: locked pages open biometric-first — your OS prompt fires automatically
• Password is a secondary fallback if biometric fails
• When OFF: password remains primary, biometric is a secondary button
2. Visibility-Aware Auto-Trigger
• WebAuthn prompts now fire ONLY when the locked tab is visible and focused
• Eliminates the NotAllowedError loop that occurred during browser session restore
• Shows "Switch to this tab to authenticate" while waiting for focus
• Automatically triggers biometric when tab becomes active
3. Popup-Level Biometric Auth
• Unlock the Locksy popup itself with your fingerprint or face
• Platform-adaptive UI — correct icon/label for your device's biometric method
• "Use Password Instead" / "Use Biometric Instead" toggle links
• Retry button if biometric fails
🐛 BUG FIXES IN v2.6.0:
• Fixed NotAllowedError loop that occurred on browser session restore with multiple locked tabs
• Fixed stale state in quick-unlock panel after rapid lock/unlock cycles
• Fixed photo storage overflow with automatic pruning
🆕 VERSION 2.5.0 - CONTEXT MENUS, STEALTH MODE & THEME TOGGLE
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🖱️ RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENUS — LOCK TABS FASTER
No need to open the popup anymore! Right-click any page and instantly:
🔒 Lock this tab — instantly protect the current tab with your password
🌐 Lock this domain — add the entire website to your auto-lock list
📂 Lock all tabs — bulk-lock every tab in the browser window
👁️ Toggle Stealth Mode — activate/deactivate stealth from the menu
🕵️ STEALTH MODE — DISAPPEAR
Hide every trace of Locksy so no one knows you're using it:
🎨 LIGHT / DARK THEME TOGGLE — YOUR PREFERENCE
New theme switcher in the popup header — choose between Light ☀️ and Dark 🌙 modes:
🆕 VERSION 2.4.0 - UNLOCK ALL TABS
• Single button unlocks all locked tabs at once
🆕 VERSION 2.3.0 - BIOMETRIC UNLOCK
• Touch-to-unlock with fingerprint, Face ID, or Windows Hello
• No password typing required
🆕 VERSION 2.2.0 - AUTO-LOCK & SCHEDULED LOCKING
• Auto-lock after inactivity (5 min to 8 hours)
• Schedule protection during specific hours/days
🌐 LINKS & SUPPORT
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🌍 Official Website: https://www.locksy.dev
📖 Privacy Policy: https://www.locksy.dev/privacy-policy
🐛 Report Issues: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy/issues
⭐ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vansh-121/Locksy
💖 Sponsor Project: https://github.com/sponsors/vansh-121
🎥 Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyd4sN5WiA
📧 Contact: [email protected]
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🔒 Security is not a feature, it's a necessity.
Locksy - Your Tabs, Your Password, Your Privacy.
Made with ❤️ for Privacy & Security | © 2026 LocksyTechnical
- Version
- 2.6.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 298KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- kiediieibclgkcnkkmjlhmdainpoidim
- Developer ID
- uc0add09c7d3bca48e413eed1d70658ac
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Oct 30, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 23, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 23, 2026
- Website
- locksy.dev
- Support URL
- https://www.locksy.dev
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.locksy.dev/privacy-policy
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