Is Reader View safe?
Reader View sends the full article HTML to the vendor's server when you use its Save to PC or Save to Google Drive buttons.
Reader View strips clutter from articles so they are easier to read. When you click its 'Save to PC' or 'Save to Google Drive' toolbar buttons (or the Ctrl/Cmd+S / Ctrl/Cmd+G shortcuts), the extension POSTs the entire rendered article HTML to readerview.freeonlineapps.net and then opens a vendor-hosted page showing the saved copy. This happens only on the article you choose to save, not automatically as you browse.
Who publishes itFree Software Help - 9 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Free Software Help - 9 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
9 other listings published from this account, 510k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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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 View 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.freeonlineapps.net
Reader View sends data to readerview.freeonlineapps.net. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.