Is GrabzIt Web Scraping Assistant safe?
GrabzIt Web Scraping Assistant sends the user's live GrabzIt account key to a third-party analytics service on popup errors.
The extension stores the account's application key, which is also the sole credential for the GrabzIt API, in browser storage. When an error occurs in the popup window, that key is forwarded to the background script and included as the distinct_id in an error-tracking event sent to PostHog, a third-party analytics processor separate from grabz.it. Background-originated errors instead use a generic anonymous identifier, so only popup crashes expose the account key this way.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itGrabzIt Limited - 8 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
GrabzIt Limited - 8 other listings 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 store account
8 other listings published from this account, 8k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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.
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 1.2.8. 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 every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Read and change your data on grabz.it
*://grabz.it/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed GrabzIt Web Scraping Assistant 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.
- eu.i.posthog.com
GrabzIt Web Scraping Assistant sends data to eu.i.posthog.com. 13 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.