Is NYT Reader – Read Full New York Times Articles safe?

Clean risk

NYT Reader blocks New York Times paywall metering requests and sends a device ID and browser details to its licence server.

The extension blocks nytimes.com metering requests to allow reading articles, with a free daily limit of 10. On install and when an email is entered, it sends a random device ID, platform, user-agent, extension version and optional email to its own licence API. No page content, cookies or URLs are sent.

Nguyễn Văn Trìnhv3.8.1Firefox Add-ons
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Who publishes it

Nguyễn Văn Trình - 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
Nguyễn Văn Trình

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 3.8.1. 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 nytimes.com

    *://*.nytimes.com/*

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes

    webRequestBlocking

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in

    cookies

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed NYT Reader – Read Full New York Times Articles 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.tuhocvangioi.com

    NYT Reader – Read Full New York Times Articles sends data to api.tuhocvangioi.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 15 October 2026amo-2942280