Is Refined JW safe?
Refined JW adds study tools to jw.org pages and sends feature-usage events with a persistent ID to PostHog.
The extension runs on jw.org pages and adds features such as summaries, AI answers and keyboard shortcuts. It generates a random user ID stored in the page's local storage and sends event names (such as which feature was used) along with screen size, user agent and language to PostHog. No page content or URLs are included, and tracking can be turned off with a local setting.
Who publishes itRusticIT LLC - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
RusticIT LLC - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 4 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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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Refined JW 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.
- us.i.posthog.comwidely used
Refined JW sends data to us.i.posthog.com. A widely used service: 27 other extensions we have analysed send data here.