Is Inspect Element safe?
Inspect Element creates a persistent Amplitude ID and sends usage telemetry to api.amplitude.com.
Inspect Element stores an Amplitude device ID in browser storage and uses it as the user ID for telemetry events. On install and during content-script UI actions, it sends event names, the extension version, use count, rating-click state, and a remote IP marker to Amplitude.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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 1.0.6. 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
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Inspect Element 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.amplitude.com
Inspect Element sends data to api.amplitude.com. 12 other extensions we have analysed send data here.