Is Share-it safe?
Share-it sends the active tab title or URL to selected sharing services over unencrypted HTTP when you click share buttons.
The popup reads the current tab and, when you choose Instapaper, Plurk, Weibo, or WordPress, opens an http:// share URL containing the page title and/or URL. This is triggered by your button click rather than automatic browsing telemetry, but those services receive the shared page details without HTTPS transport.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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 3.4.0. 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
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Write to your clipboard
clipboardWrite
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Share-it 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.
- service.weibo.com
Share-it sends data to service.weibo.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- www.instapaper.com
Share-it sends data to www.instapaper.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- plurk.com
Share-it sends data to plurk.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- wordpress.com
Share-it sends data to wordpress.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.