Horton IT Daily — October 11, 2026: What Can Your Browser Add-Ons Read?

A useful feature still needs sensible boundaries

Chrome’s extension controls distinguish access to the site you choose from access across all sites. Some extensions need permission to read and change page data to do their jobs. Review that permission rather than judging a tool by its small toolbar icon.

Broad access alone does not prove an extension is malicious. It is a reason to understand what the tool does and whether you still want it. On a work-managed browser, ask IT before changing required security, accessibility, or business tools.

Established browser guidance, not a newly announced attack: Google: install and manage extensions. The review habit is Horton IT Daily’s practical recommendation.

Give one Edge extension a permission check

Start with a tool you installed yourself and recognize. On a managed computer, follow your organization’s rules and involve IT if a setting is locked or unfamiliar.

1. Open the list. In Microsoft Edge, select Extensions beside the address bar. If it is hidden, open the three-dot menu and choose Extensions.
2. Inspect one tool. Choose Manage extensions, then Details for that extension. Read its Site access settings.
3. Compare access with purpose. From the extension’s three-dot menu, find the site-data access controls. Where supported, choose access when you click the extension, access on the current site, or access on all sites.
4. Try the smallest useful scope. If you are authorized to change it, select the access the job needs. Then test the feature on its intended website.
5. Ask when unsure. Note the extension’s name and your question for IT. Don’t remove a company-required tool just because you don’t recognize it.

Menu behavior checked October 11: Microsoft’s Edge extension-permissions guide.

Windows 10 to Windows 11: keep your files and apps

An in-place upgrade is intended to preserve personal files and compatible apps. It is never a guarantee against data loss. Back up first.

Prepare before upgrading

1. Check eligibility. In Microsoft’s PC Health Check, select Check now. Follow Microsoft’s download instructions if you need the app. Respect compatibility holds; they delay upgrades while a known issue is addressed.
2. Verify a backup. Copy important files to an external drive or confirm your cloud backup has completed. Open a few backed-up files, including a recent document and an important photo. File copies alone do not preserve every installed application.
3. Check your essentials. Ask the makers of your key programs, printer, scanner, and other accessories about Windows 11 compatibility. Get your administrator’s approval for a work-managed computer. Save your work and connect a laptop to power.

Use the Windows Update offer

1. In Windows 10, go to Start → Settings → Update & Security → Windows Update.
2. Check for updates. Install updates for your current Windows version and restart if requested.
3. When Windows 11 is offered, choose its download-and-install option.
4. Read the license terms and continue only if you accept them.
5. Save your work before the requested restart. Let the upgrade finish through its automatic restarts.
6. Sign in and check your files, apps, and accessories.

If Windows Update does not offer the upgrade, review eligibility and compatibility guidance. Do not bypass hardware requirements or compatibility holds.

Microsoft guidance checked October 11: installation and preservation options · files, apps, and accessories FAQ · backup preparation.

Unpinning is tidying, not uninstalling

In Chrome, Unpin hides an extension’s toolbar icon. To uninstall it, use Remove in Manage extensions and confirm. If you are only trying to clear space beside the address bar, do not mistake a hidden icon for a removed tool.

Our Sunday checklist: keep the tools you understand and need, review their access, and ask about the rest. A shorter toolbar is cosmetic; a deliberate extension list is useful housekeeping.

Google’s instructions for hiding and uninstalling extensions.

Open SAM.gov Cybersecurity & IT Contracts

The October 8 amendment extended the deadline. Its description says a questions-and-answers amendment is expected no later than October 14. Recheck the notice for that update and review every current attachment before preparing a response.

Read the official FDIC solicitation and amendments.

Official SAM.gov active status, updated deadline, and amendment description checked October 11 at 5:55 a.m. EDT. The old October 9 date still appears in the original description below the update; the amended deadline supersedes it. No eligibility or award is implied.

Virginia eVA: office and rugged computing hardware

Greater Roanoke Transit Company / Valley Metro’s RFQ 26-GRTC-1002, BPM095200 (QQ 129468), is listed open for office and service-vehicle computing devices and hardware. The scope includes standard business and fully rugged devices, Microsoft Office configuration, and VPN access.

Review the official Valley Metro eVA posting.

Official open status, scope, and displayed closing date checked October 11 at 5:59 a.m. EDT. This Virginia procurement is separate from SAM.gov. Review qualifications, required forms, amendments, delivery terms, and the exact cutoff before bidding.

The tiny button with a big request

Original fictional comic in accessible text panels. Takeaway: understand an extension’s purpose and site access before changing it.

Two quick cyber jokes

1. Why did the browser extension pack a suitcase for one tab? It had requested access to the whole trip.
2. Why did Cyber Defender give the toolbar a seating chart? Too many add-ons thought they had an all-access pass.

Capricorn spotlight

Capricorn, today’s imaginary stars suggest leaving one square of your calendar delightfully blank. A slow breakfast or an unhurried walk could be your Sunday masterpiece. Your lucky number is two: one small task finished, one pleasant thing done just because.

An original, playful horoscope for Sunday, October 11. Fictional entertainment, not a factual prediction or business advice.