Is Chinese Tools safe?
Chinese Tools sends selected page text to PurpleCulture conversion endpoints when context-menu tools are used.
When a user selects Chinese text on a page and chooses the extension's conversion, pinyin, or vocabulary-list context-menu tools, Chinese Tools reads the selected text from the page. It submits that text in hidden POST form fields to PurpleCulture conversion pages, with a 1,000-character limit enforced before submission.
Who publishes itPurple Culture - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Purple Culture - 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.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.7. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Chinese Tools 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.
- www.purpleculture.net
Chinese Tools sends data to www.purpleculture.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.