Is Downloader for Microsoft™ Text-to-Speech safe?
Downloader for Microsoft Text-to-Speech sends synthesize and account telemetry to Amplitude.
When used on Microsoft Azure text-to-speech pages, the extension sends user-entered SSML/text through its background synthesize flow. Its background telemetry records full synthesize, account, and usage request or response objects, including synthesis content and account identifiers, to Amplitude.
Who publishes itmtd support - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
mtd support - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
2 other listings published from this account, 4k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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.
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Findings
Synthesis and account telemetry is sent to Amplitude.
Playing or downloading Microsoft text-to-speech audio sends synthesis and account telemetry to Amplitude, including your entered SSML/text and account or usage metadata, in addition to the expected speech-synthesis request.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
You click play or download for a text-to-speech request.
The extension sends synthesis, account, and usage telemetry that includes request and response objects to Amplitude.
- Your entered SSML or text<speak>Hello world</speak> (illustrative)
Shows the text you provided for speech synthesis.
- Account and usage metadataaccountId: 12345 (illustrative)
Can connect the speech request to account or usage state handled by the extension.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 7.5.0. 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 microsoft-tts-downloader.com
https://*.microsoft-tts-downloader.com/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Downloader for Microsoft™ Text-to-Speech 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.
- api2.amplitude.comwidely used
Downloader for Microsoft™ Text-to-Speech sends data to api2.amplitude.com. A widely used service: 41 other extensions we have analysed send data here.