Is Fable safe?

Low risk

Fable sends active-tab URLs to Segment and accepts page messages that forward URLs and page snippets to Fable.

When the toolbar button is clicked, Fable records the active tab URL in a Segment analytics event. Its web-accessible drawer also listens for scrape messages without checking the sender and forwards supplied URLs, snippets, and objects to Fable's browser service.

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

fable-chrome-extensionv1.0.30Chrome Web Store
15Risk
Who publishes it

Scribd, Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname

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

Publisher
fable-chrome-extension
Declared legal entity
Scribd, Inc.
Registered address
460 Bryant St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94107, US
Registered contact
Keith Grennan

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.

bookshop.org
Also called by 5 other listings, including History Trends Unlimited

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 1.0.30. 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 fable.co

    https://*.fable.co/

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

    activeTab

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Fable 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.

  • api.segment.io

    Fable sends data to api.segment.io. 21 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • browser.fable.co

    Fable sends data to browser.fable.co. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026elakilelipikijgcejjfdiiogcjpnngl