Is Explain AI - Explain anything in its context safe?

Low risk

Explain AI submits PDF document URLs to xplnai.com when a PDF opens in Chrome's viewer.

The extension injects a content script on all pages and checks whether the current page is Chrome's PDF viewer. When it detects a PDF, it sends the page URL to its background worker, which posts the URL to xplnai.com/parse-pdf for parsing.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Zakaria El hjoujiv1.5.1Chrome Web Store
15Risk
Who publishes it

Zakaria El hjouji - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

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 1.5.1. 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 cbd-backend-iawspfb2ha-uw.a.run.ap

    https://cbd-backend-iawspfb2ha-uw.a.run.ap/

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Show a panel beside the page

    sidePanel

  • Sign you in with your Google account

    identity

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Explain AI - Explain anything in its context 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.

  • xplnai.com

    Explain AI - Explain anything in its context sends data to xplnai.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026hgdhahipoomjkhbadikhoopfdkllpbgf