Safe Outreach

Check if LinkedIn detects your Chrome extension

Security / PrivacyLaunched Nov 2026

The story

Safe Outreach helps professionals choose safer LinkedIn automation tools before risking their accounts. The platform analyzes automation software, browser extensions, cloud-based solutions, and outreach workflows to assess their potential impact on LinkedIn account safety. Instead of relying on vendor claims, Safe Outreach provides independent AI-powered risk assessments based on automation methods, detection risks, security practices, and compliance factors. Users receive clear safety scores, risk explanations, and actionable recommendations to compare tools and make informed decisions before launching outreach campaigns. Safe Outreach is built for sales teams, agencies, recruiters, founders, and growth professionals who depend on LinkedIn for lead generation. Whether you're selecting a new automation platform or auditing your existing tech stack, Safe Outreach helps reduce the risk of account restrictions while enabling sustainable outbound growth.

Overview

Safe Outreach provides transparency into LinkedIn's extension detection system by checking any Chrome extension against LinkedIn's hardcoded list of 4,934 extension fingerprints. LinkedIn automatically scans for these extensions on every page load using its Active Extension Detection (AED) system, flagging accounts that have detected extensions installed before any user action occurs. The tool is designed for LinkedIn users, automation tool users, and security-conscious professionals who want to understand whether their browser extensions are visible to LinkedIn and what risks that poses. Safe Outreach goes beyond simple detection by analyzing the actual code of popular LinkedIn automation tools to show where user sessions go, whether they stay local in the browser or are uploaded to vendor servers, and what that means for account safety. The checker includes detailed teardowns of 127+ LinkedIn tools with data-flow diagrams showing exactly how each extension handles your LinkedIn session and login credentials.

Key features

Extension Detection Checker

Search any Chrome extension by name or Web Store URL to see if it's on LinkedIn's 4,934-extension detection list updated November 2026.

Code Teardowns

View detailed analysis of 127+ LinkedIn automation tools showing exactly where your session goes and whether LinkedIn detects them.

Data Flow Diagrams

See visual maps of how each extension handles your LinkedIn session, whether it stays local or uploads to vendor servers.

Risk Assessment

Understand the difference between extensions that keep sessions local versus those that upload your LinkedIn credentials to cloud servers.

AED List Tracking

Access historical data on how LinkedIn's detection list has evolved, showing additions and removals over time.

Popular Tool Comparison

Compare detection status and risk levels of widely-used LinkedIn automation tools like Waalaxy, Dux-Soup, and Octopus CRM.

Use cases

1
LinkedIn Automation Users
Check whether your LinkedIn automation extension is detected by LinkedIn and understand the account restriction risks.
2
Sales and Recruiting Teams
Evaluate the safety of LinkedIn outreach tools before deploying them across your team.
3
Security-Conscious Professionals
Understand what extensions you have installed and whether they pose detection or privacy risks on LinkedIn.
4
Extension Developers
Research how LinkedIn detects extensions and learn best practices for building tools that minimize detection surface.

FAQ

What is LinkedIn's AED list?

AED (Active Extension Detection) is a hardcoded list of 4,934 Chrome extension IDs buried in LinkedIn's page code. On every page load, LinkedIn checks whether each extension is installed and flags accounts that have detected extensions before you click anything.

Does being on the detection list mean my account will be banned?

Not automatically. LinkedIn uses a points system where detection is one signal among many, including page traces, device fingerprint mismatches, and behavior patterns. Each adds points toward a restriction, but there's no single trigger.

What's the difference between session-local and session-uploaded tools?

Session-local tools read data in your browser and upload only results, keeping your login secure. Session-uploaded tools copy your LinkedIn session to vendor servers, which then act as you from their own IP address, creating the highest-risk design.

Can an extension be safe if it's not on LinkedIn's detection list?

No. Not being on the list doesn't mean it's safe. LinkedIn has a second detection method that catches any extension injecting into the page. Some risky tools like Expandi and HeyReach aren't on the list but still upload your session.

Which browsers does LinkedIn's detection work on?

LinkedIn's AED scan fires in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and Opera. It's gated by a userAgent check, so it doesn't run in other browsers.