Is JabRef Browser Extension safe?
JabRef Browser Extension sends page reference details to a local JabRef app when you trigger an export.
When you open the extension popup or page action, it uses the active tab title and URL, and on supported pages it can extract reference items from the page. It sends the resulting BibTeX or reference data to a local JabRef HTTP endpoint, falling back to the JabRef native messaging host if that local endpoint is unavailable.
Who publishes itTobias Diez - no other listings under this identity
Tobias Diez - no other listings under this identity
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.2.2. 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>
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Run hidden pages in the background
offscreen
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed JabRef Browser Extension 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.
- org.jabref.jabref
JabRef Browser Extension sends data to org.jabref.jabref. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- localhost:23119
JabRef Browser Extension sends data to localhost:23119. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.