Is InnerCue safe?
InnerCue sends reading-list URLs to Microlink for metadata extraction when users open the reading activity.
InnerCue stores user-saved reading-list links and, when the reading activity is opened, requests metadata for uncached links. Its background script sends each URL to api.microlink.io so Microlink can return a title, description, and image for display.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2. 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
<all_urls>
Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed InnerCue 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.microlink.io
InnerCue sends data to api.microlink.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.