Is Reader Mode for Google Chrome™ safe?
Reader Mode for Google Chrome uploads saved article HTML to readerview.freebusinessapps.net.
When you use Reader Mode's PC or Google Drive save button, the extension reads the rendered reader-page HTML from its iframe. It POSTs that article HTML to readerview.freebusinessapps.net/test, then opens the vendor reader-view page with the returned save identifier.
Who publishes itQuick Simple Apps - 6 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Quick Simple Apps - 6 other listings 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
6 other listings published from this account, 1.2M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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 3.0.0. 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 favicon
*://favicon/
Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
React to what is on a page without reading the page
declarativeContent
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Reader Mode for Google Chrome™ 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.
- readerview.freebusinessapps.net
Reader Mode for Google Chrome™ sends data to readerview.freebusinessapps.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.