Is ActivityWatch Web Watcher safe?

Clean risk

Tracks how much time you spend on the web for ActivityWatch.

This browser plugin adds web time tracking to ActivityWatch. It requires ActivityWatch to be installed on your computer and works as part of that setup.

ActivityWatch DevelopersChrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

ActivityWatch Developers - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
ActivityWatch Developers

Shared hosts - 1 hostname

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

forum.activitywatch.net
Also called by 1 other listing: ActivityWatch - Open Source Time Tracker

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed ActivityWatch Web Watcher contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • ActivityWatch

    ActivityWatch Web Watcher sends data to ActivityWatch. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

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