Is easyScholar safe?
easyScholar displays journal rankings on academic pages and routes translation requests through its own servers and third-party APIs.
The extension injects ranking badges and a translation panel into academic websites. When users invoke translation, text is sent to one of several services including easyscholar.cc relay endpoints, Google Translate, or the Caiyun AI API. A hardcoded Caiyun API key is stored in the extension bundle and can be silently replaced by a server-provided token fetched from easyscholar.cc every three days.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes iteasyScholar - no other listings under this identity, 14 shared hostnames
easyScholar - no other listings under this identity, 14 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 14 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 15.2. 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 easyscholar.co
https://easyscholar.co/*
Read and change your data on www.easyscholar.cc
https://www.easyscholar.cc/*
Read and change your data on easyscholar.cc
https://easyscholar.cc/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed easyScholar 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.
- translate.googleapis.comwidely used
easyScholar sends data to translate.googleapis.com. A widely used service: 92 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- api.interpreter.caiyunai.com
easyScholar sends data to api.interpreter.caiyunai.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- translate.paperguard.cc
easyScholar sends data to translate.paperguard.cc. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- www.easyscholar.cc
easyScholar sends data to www.easyscholar.cc. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.