Is Click and Read safe?
Click and Read extracts scholarly identifiers from web pages and sends them to configured resolver services.
Click and Read runs a content script on broad sites and scans page text, links, and metadata for DOI, PMID, PII, and COinS identifiers. It sends those identifiers to configured resolver services such as ISTEX, PANIST, Unpaywall, EBSCO, or institutional resolvers to find access links. If the user clicks an injected result and data collection is enabled, it also posts click details, the resolved identifier, source settings, a UUID, and browser fingerprint details to Click and Read.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itINIST CNRS - no other listings under this identity
INIST CNRS - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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 4.5.3. 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
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Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Click and Read 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.ebsco.io
Click and Read sends data to api.ebsco.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- api.istex.fr
Click and Read sends data to api.istex.fr. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- api.panist.fr
Click and Read sends data to api.panist.fr. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- clickandread.inist.fr
Click and Read sends data to clickandread.inist.fr. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- unpaywall.inist.fr
Click and Read sends data to unpaywall.inist.fr. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.