Is Instapaper safe?

Clean risk

Saves the current web page to an Instapaper reading queue for later reading.

This extension lets you save articles from the current tab to your Instapaper account instead of using the bookmarklet. If you are not logged in, it takes you to a login or signup page and then returns you to the original page after saving it.

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Who publishes it

Instant Paper, Inc. - no other listings under this identity

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

Publisher
accounts
Declared legal entity
Instant Paper, Inc.
Registered address
1750 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Registered contact
Brian Donohue

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 3.1.2. 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

    http://*/*

  • Read and change your data on every secure site you visit

    https://*/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

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

    activeTab

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Instapaper 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.

  • Instapaper

    Instapaper sends data to Instapaper. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.

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