Is Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans safe?
Buster bundles Wit.ai API credentials encrypted with a key derived entirely from its own publicly distributed source files.
The extension fetches its own source files at runtime and uses their combined SHA256 hash as the AES decryption key for a bundled secrets.txt file containing Wit.ai API keys. Because the source files are distributed with every installation, any party can compute the decryption key and recover the credentials. These keys are used as Bearer tokens when sending audio to api.wit.ai for speech recognition to solve audio CAPTCHAs.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itArmin Sebastian - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Armin Sebastian - 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.
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.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.1.0. 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
<all_urls>
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans 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.
- api.wit.ai
Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans sends data to api.wit.ai. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.