Is Dictionary, Thesaurus & Reference safe?
Dictionary, Thesaurus & Reference opens selected or typed lookup terms in cleartext dictionary URLs.
When you select text on the active page or type into the popup search form, the extension places that lookup term into dictionary and thesaurus URL paths. Many of those destinations use plain HTTP, so the term is sent in cleartext to the destination site for the lookup.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 7.1. 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
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Dictionary, Thesaurus & Reference 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.
- *.thefreedictionary.com
Dictionary, Thesaurus & Reference sends data to *.thefreedictionary.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- www.freethesaurus.com
Dictionary, Thesaurus & Reference sends data to www.freethesaurus.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.