A duress PIN for when you're forced to unlock, a simpler Settings page, and a fullscreen lock that stays out of your way.

• Duress PIN (PRO). A secret second PIN for when someone forces you to unlock. It opens the browser as normal, but first erases what you choose: the history of specific sites, their history plus cookies and site data, or all browsing data. Set it up in Settings → Duress PIN.

• Simpler Settings. Lock Behavior shows just the basics; fullscreen, video options and your shortcut are under All lock settings. Lock Specific Sites and Duress PIN have their own pages too.

• Fullscreen lock no longer interrupts other apps. It only applies when you switch to the browser, and no longer forces itself back while you use another app. It's also no longer marked "Recommended".

• No new required permissions.
• Optional history and browsingData, requested only when you turn on the Duress PIN and removed when you turn it off.

Full changelog: https://touchlock.vercel.app/changelog.html

This release fixes the idle lock interrupting videos, tidies up Settings, and fixes the toolbar "PIN" badge that sometimes stayed after pinning.


Watching YouTube, Netflix or any other video used to trigger the idle lock, because only keyboard and mouse activity counted. Reported in a store review.

• Auto-lock waits while a video is playing. It's on by default and also covers videos embedded on other sites and picture-in-picture.
• When the video stops, the browser locks after your usual idle time. Locking your computer still locks the browser right away.
• Video options (Settings → Lock Behavior):
• Any website, or only the sites you choose (like youtube.com)
• Count music and podcasts too (off by default)
• Safety limit: lock anyway after 1, 2 or 4 hours, or never
• Pause auto-lock for 1 hour from the toolbar popup, with Resume to turn it back on early.

• The "PIN" badge on the toolbar icon now clears as soon as you pin TouchLock (Chrome 130+). Anyone still seeing it can clear it by opening the popup once. On Firefox, opening the popup clears it.

• Settings opens in grid view by default. If you had chosen list view, you keep it.
• Security Questions is collapsed until you need it. Its setup status stays visible, and the sidebar opens it for you.
• The idle lock settings are simpler: one toggle, with everything else under Video options.
• Fullscreen lock now warns that it can make some browsers freeze or stop responding, and that turning it off fixes it.
• The popup's Bug button opens the feedback page instead of GitHub issues.
• Uninstall feedback includes your TouchLock version, browser, operating system and which features you had set up, so problems are easier to fix. No browsing data, PIN or answers are ever sent.
• A redesigned welcome page shows every feature, a 3-step setup and your lock shortcut.

No new permissions.

Full changelog: https://touchlock.vercel.app/changelog.html

Security fix: nothing can be opened while the browser is locked — not even after pressing Esc.

🔒 Security Fixes
Stricter Lock — While locked, every page is sent to the lock screen before it opens: websites, anything typed in the lock tab's own address bar, and browser pages like Settings, History, or Extensions. Previously these could open briefly before TouchLock covered them.
Esc No Longer Exits the Lock — With fullscreen lock on, pressing Esc used to leave fullscreen and show your tabs and toolbar. TouchLock now returns the window to fullscreen right away while it's locked (Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium browsers).
Stays Locked After a Restart — If the browser was closed while locked, it now opens locked again, even when "Lock on browser startup" is off.
Lock Screen Can't Be Embedded — The lock screen refuses to load inside another page's frame.

⚡ Improvements
No Lost Tabs — Tabs that tried to open a page while locked (including tabs restored at startup) wait at the lock screen and return to their page as soon as you unlock. Pages on a locked site go to that site's unlock screen instead.
One Biometric Prompt at a Time — Touch ID / Windows Hello only starts automatically in the tab you're looking at, instead of in every waiting lock tab.

⚠ Notes
No new permissions. The lock screen page is now listed as a web-accessible resource, which the browser requires for redirecting pages to it.
Fullscreen lock remains optional (off by default since v1.4.1). The lock holds with or without it.

ChangeLog - https://touchlock.vercel.app/changelog.html

TouchLock v1.4.1
Patch release fixing biometric registration in Firefox.

🐛 Fixes
Biometrics in Firefox — Registering Touch ID or Windows Hello failed with "The operation is insecure" because Firefox doesn't accept an extension's own address as the WebAuthn site ID. TouchLock for Firefox now uses touchlock.vercel.app, which Firefox 150+ allows for extensions. Your system prompt will show "touchlock.vercel.app" — that's TouchLock.

⚡ Improvements
Clearer biometric errors — If Firefox blocks registration because TouchLock's website access is turned off, Settings explains how to allow it. On Firefox older than 150, Settings explains the requirement and the PIN keeps working.

⚠ Notes
Chrome and Edge are unchanged; existing biometric registrations keep working.
Firefox users can register biometrics after updating to Firefox 150 or newer.

ChangeLog - https://touchlock.vercel.app/changelog.html

Keep your bank, email, or any sensitive site locked — even after you unlock the browser. The most requested feature, now on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

• Lock Specific Sites PRO — Add sites in Settings → Lock Specific Sites, or open a site and click Lock this site in the toolbar popup. A locked site shows a TouchLock unlock screen before it loads; unlock with Touch ID / Windows Hello or your PIN and you're taken straight to the page you were opening. Open tabs on a site lock the moment you add it.
• Choose When Sites Lock Again — When you leave the site or close all its tabs (default), 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 minutes after unlocking, or only when the browser locks. Sites always lock again when the browser locks or restarts.
• Include Subdomains — Locking google.com also locks mail.google.com and drive.google.com (on by default; www. is always included).
• Keep Sites Locked After Unlocking the Browser — On by default, so your sites still need their own unlock. Turn it off to unlock them together with the browser.
• Feedback Tracker — A new feedback tracker lists every reported bug and feature request with its progress and what was done. Every report is handled within 7 days at most.

• Settings Changes Need Your PIN — Changing your PIN, biometrics, or security questions, removing a locked site, changing site-lock settings, and Reset All Data now ask for your PIN or fingerprint first, so someone at an unlocked browser can't switch your protection off.
• Locked sites are blocked before any request is sent, so the page never loads behind the lock screen.

• Cleaner Popup — Lock status moved into the header; on websites, Settings becomes a gear icon next to Lock Now to make room for the current site with Lock this site / Lock now. Slightly larger, easier-to-read layout.
• Get Notified When Your Feedback Is Done — The feedback form in Settings and the uninstall page now take an optional email, so we can tell you when your bug is fixed or your feature is built.
• Guided Tour — New step for Lock Specific Sites.

• Logo in Store Builds — The TouchLock logo now shows in Settings, the popup, Welcome, and What's New pages; it was missing from the packaged zips.

• Firefox 115 or newer is now required (previously 109).
• New permissions: alarms (timed re-lock) and declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess (blocking locked sites before they load). TouchLock already had access to all sites, so these shouldn't trigger a new permission prompt.
• Site locking is paused until a PIN or biometrics are set up, so you can't lock yourself out of a site.

Added a guided tour for new users.

v1.3.0 — October 2026

✨ Redesigned Settings Page
Completely rebuilt settings with sidebar navigation, centered content layout, setup progress bar, and clear visual hierarchy with colored section icons. Each setting section has its own status badge showing configuration state at a glance.

📌 Pin-to-Toolbar Prompt
On first install, a guided banner on the welcome page walks you through pinning TouchLock to your toolbar for quick lock/unlock access. Automatically dismisses when done.

🔲 Grid & List View Toggle
A floating toggle in the bottom-right corner lets you switch settings between a compact 2-column grid layout and a focused single-column list. Your preference is remembered across sessions.

📱 Responsive Sidebar
On smaller screens, the sidebar collapses into a hamburger menu with a smooth slide-in overlay.

No new permissions required. No data collection changes. Fully compatible with Firefox 109+.

What's New in v1.2.1

• Upcoming features roadmap — A collapsible section in Settings showing planned features with Pro badges
• Bug fixes — Improved keyboard shortcut detection and store URL routing
• Remote update check — TouchLock checks for new versions on startup and shows a subtle update banner in the popup, settings, and lock screen
• Uninstall feedback — A feedback page with contextual suggestions opens when the extension is uninstalled

v1.2.0 — Flexible PIN & Keyboard Shortcuts

New Features:

Flexible PIN length — choose anywhere from 4 to 10 digits, with a live strength indicator (Weak / Fair / Good / Strong)
Keyboard shortcut to lock — instantly lock the browser with Alt+L (Ctrl+L on Mac), fully customizable from Settings
Improvements:

Firefox auto-shortcut sync — custom shortcuts are automatically applied at the browser level via browser.commands.update(), no manual step needed
What's New notifications — after updates, a subtle dot in Settings lets you discover new features without interruption

v1.0.3 — Bug Fix

Fixed: After unlocking from idle lock, switching to other tabs no longer shows a stale lock screen. Unlock now reliably propagates to all open tabs.
Added multiple fallback mechanisms to ensure lock overlays are cleared across all tabs immediately after unlock.