Is Instapaper safe?
Instapaper uploads page content, URL, title, and selected text to its own servers when the user saves a page.
When a user clicks the browser action or presses Ctrl+Shift+I, the extension captures the current page URL, title, selected text (if any), an image thumbnail, and compressed page HTML. These are sent to www.instapaper.com via a POST request as part of the extension's core save-to-read-later feature. No data is sent without explicit user action.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.1.3. 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.
- www.instapaper.com
Instapaper sends data to www.instapaper.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.