Is ManipulationDetect safe?
ManipulationDetect sends a full-page screenshot to its own backend and a third-party LLM when you run a scan.
When the user clicks 'Scan', the extension captures a full-page screenshot by stitching together multiple chrome.tabs.captureVisibleTab() shots, then sends the image to the vendor's Cloudflare Worker backend, which forwards it to a Google Gemini-based API for dark-pattern analysis. The vendor's own privacy notice discloses that scan payloads and a random user ID are retained for up to 10 years for research, and users can request deletion.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 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 manipulationdetect.nudgedetect-api.workers.dev
https://manipulationdetect.nudgedetect-api.workers.dev/*
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Run hidden pages in the background
offscreen
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ManipulationDetect 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.
- manipulationdetect.nudgedetect-api.workers.dev
ManipulationDetect sends data to manipulationdetect.nudgedetect-api.workers.dev. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- Google Gemini API (via vendor backend)
ManipulationDetect sends data to Google Gemini API (via vendor backend). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.