Is Reader Mode + AI Summary, Notes & Annotations safe?
Reader Mode + AI Summary, Notes & Annotations sends readable saved-page content to Web Highlights when sync is enabled.
When a signed-in user saves a bookmark with page-content sync enabled, the extension extracts the page URL, title, description, and readable HTML content. It stores that content locally first, then syncs it to api.web-highlights.com/content through the Web Highlights backend.
Who publishes itMarius Bongarts - 1 other listing from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Marius Bongarts - 1 other listing from the same operator, 1 of them 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, 200k+ users between them. 1 of them carries 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.2. 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>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Reader Mode 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.web-highlights.com
Reader Mode sends data to api.web-highlights.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.