Is Self Control -- Block sites and stay focused safe?
Self Control -- Block sites and stay focused is medium risk. When you change the block list or visit a blocked page, the extension sends analytics events to us.i.posthog.com, including the changed setting or matched block pattern, tied to a persistent per-installation UUID.
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Findings
Block-list changes and blocked-page visits are sent to PostHog.
When you change the block list or visit a blocked page, the extension sends analytics events to us.i.posthog.com, including the changed setting or matched block pattern, tied to a persistent per-installation UUID.
What actually happens
The user changes blocking settings or opens a page that matches a blocked pattern.
The extension sends PostHog analytics events for block-list changes, focus settings, and blocked-page visits, tied to a persistent per-installation UUID.
Captured request
Fields in the request
- Blocked page URL or patternhttps://example.com/news (illustrative)
Shows which page or URL pattern matched the user's block list.
- Stored blocking settingsaddBlockPattern: example.com (illustrative)
Shows changes to block patterns, focus intervals, and related extension settings.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.2.0. 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 every site you visit
<all_urls>
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Store data in your browser
storage