Is Extract Text From Picture​ safe?

Medium risk

Extract Text From Picture sends AI OCR screenshots and uploaded images to 158.160.66.115 over plaintext HTTP.

When AI OCR is enabled, selecting a page region or uploading an image sends that image to a remote OCR endpoint instead of using only local processing. The request is a plaintext HTTP POST with the captured image or image URL plus a per-install user value.

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

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Extract Text From Picture​ 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.

  • 158.160.66.115:40000

    Extract Text From Picture​ sends data to 158.160.66.115:40000. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

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