Is OA.mg safe?
OA.mg reads the active page for a DOI when clicked and opens the matching OA.mg work page.
When you click the popup, it injects a DOI finder into the current tab and checks the page URL, metadata, HTML, data-doi attributes, and publisher-specific markup. If it finds a DOI, it opens https://oa.mg/work/{doi}, sending the DOI to OA.mg to look up the paper; it does not run as an automatic content script.
Who publishes itCitationsy Ltd - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Citationsy Ltd - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 2k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.5. 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 secure site you visit
https://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed OA.mg 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.
- oa.mg
OA.mg sends data to oa.mg. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.