Is Distill Web Monitor safe?
Distill Web Monitor sends monitored page URLs and tab URLs to Sentry error reporting when exceptions occur.
The extension initialises Sentry with a project-specific DSN and attaches breadcrumbs during monitoring job runs that include the URI of each watched page. When the visual selector tool is invoked, the current tab URL is also added as a breadcrumb. If a JavaScript exception is captured, these breadcrumbs—including user-configured monitoring targets and browsed URLs—are transmitted to Sentry's ingest endpoint.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itDistill - no other listings under this identity, 20 shared hostnames
Distill - no other listings under this identity, 20 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 20 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 3.6.12. 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
*://*/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Distill Web Monitor 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.
- o985892.ingest.sentry.io
Distill Web Monitor sends data to o985892.ingest.sentry.io. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.