Is Readlax: Reader View with Phrase Highlighting safe?
Readlax sends the active page hostname to Google's favicon service when reader mode renders the page.
When you open reader mode from the popup or Alt+R shortcut, Readlax rebuilds the page and inserts a Google favicon image for the current site. That image request includes the active page's hostname in the URL sent to Google's favicon service.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itReadlax - no other listings under this identity
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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.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Readlax: Reader View with Phrase Highlighting 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.
- www.google.comwidely used
Readlax: Reader View with Phrase Highlighting sends data to www.google.com. A widely used service: 153 other extensions we have analysed send data here.