Is ChatGPT Browser Extension safe?
ChatGPT Browser Extension sends Google search queries to OpenAI and CodeGrepper for answers and caching.
When you visit the first page of Google search results, the extension reads the search box text and sends that query to ChatGPT to generate an answer. With caching enabled by default, it also checks CodeGrepper for cached answers and posts the completed question and answer back to CodeGrepper.
Who publishes itCommunityCurated Technologies - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
CommunityCurated Technologies - 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1.4. 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 openai.com
https://*.openai.com/
Read and change your data on codegrepper.com
https://*.codegrepper.com/
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ChatGPT Browser 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.
- chat.openai.comwidely used
ChatGPT Browser Extension sends data to chat.openai.com. A widely used service: 27 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- www.codegrepper.com
ChatGPT Browser Extension sends data to www.codegrepper.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.