Is BlockDistraction – Block Site Extension safe?
BlockDistraction - Block Site Extension sets an uninstall URL with encoded usage and subscription details.
The extension reads sync storage values for legacy status, installation date, Pro subscription status, manifest version, and rule count, then encodes them in the ctx parameter for https://blockdistraction.com/uninstall.html. Its service worker refreshes that uninstall URL shortly after startup and then on a daily alarm, so those fields are included if the browser opens the uninstall page.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.8.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
*://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed BlockDistraction – Block Site Extension 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.
- blockdistraction.com
BlockDistraction – Block Site Extension sends data to blockdistraction.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.