Is Elicit: AI for Scientific Research safe?
Elicit attaches the signed-in user's email address and account tier to log events sent to Datadog.
When a user is logged in to elicit.com, the webpage sends the user's email address, account tier, and session ID to the extension via postMessage. The extension forwards this context to the Datadog Logs SDK running in an offscreen document, so all subsequent log entries transmitted to browser-intake-datadoghq.com include the user's email as a persistent identifier.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itElicit Research PBC - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Elicit Research PBC - 1 other listing 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 operator - 1 listing
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 2 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 1.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 1.5, which we have not unpacked yet.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/ and 1 more
Run hidden pages in the background
offscreen
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Elicit: AI for Scientific Research 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.
- browser-intake-datadoghq.com
Elicit: AI for Scientific Research sends data to browser-intake-datadoghq.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.