Is Readwise Highlighter safe?
Readwise Highlighter sends the current page's HTML, URL, and title to Readwise when you save a page.
When you click the extension icon or use its context-menu action while authenticated, Readwise Highlighter builds a save request from the page you are viewing. The request sends the page HTML, URL, and title to Readwise's reader API so the page can be added to your account.
Who publishes itReadwise - no other listings under this identity, 6 shared hostnames
Readwise - no other listings under this identity, 6 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 6 hostnames
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 0.17.3. 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>
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Keep running in the background while your browser is open
background
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Readwise Highlighter 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.
- readwise.io
Readwise Highlighter sends data to readwise.io. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.