Is ChatSider:Free ChatGPT Assistant(GPT4) safe?
ChatSider sends active tab URLs, IP-derived location, and a persistent UUID to an Aliyun logstore.
On install or update, ChatSider records the active tab URL along with a generated user ID, IP-derived location details, browser details, language, and timestamps. The same telemetry path is also used for copy and chat UI events from pages where its content scripts run, with event labels that include the current page domain.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAllen Alexis - 3 other listings from the same operator, 3 of them carrying a finding
Allen Alexis - 3 other listings from the same operator, 3 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
3 other listings published from this account, 150k+ users between them. 3 of them carry a finding.
Shared hosts - 3 hostnames
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 1.0.19. 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
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ChatSider:Free ChatGPT Assistant(GPT4) 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.
- ip-api.comwidely used
ChatSider:Free ChatGPT Assistant(GPT4) sends data to ip-api.com. A widely used service: 62 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- ipinfo.iowidely used
ChatSider:Free ChatGPT Assistant(GPT4) 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
ChatSider:Free ChatGPT Assistant(GPT4) sends data to hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com. 18 other extensions we have analysed send data here.