Is ChatGPT Sidebar Assistant(GPT-4o) safe?
ChatGPT Sidebar Assistant sends install telemetry with IP metadata and a persistent UUID to Alibaba Cloud logging.
When the extension is installed or updated, it creates or reuses a local UUID and requests IP metadata from ipinfo.io. It then sends the extension version, UUID, IP address, install time, event time, browser type, operating system, region, and language to Alibaba Cloud logging.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMallory Tran - 2 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Mallory Tran - 2 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
2 other listings published from this account, 4k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
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 1.1.9. 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
Show a panel beside the page
sidePanel
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ChatGPT Sidebar Assistant(GPT-4o) 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.
- ipinfo.iowidely used
ChatGPT Sidebar Assistant(GPT-4o) sends data to ipinfo.io. A widely used service: 45 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com
ChatGPT Sidebar Assistant(GPT-4o) sends data to hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com. 18 other extensions we have analysed send data here.