Is Soda PDF Viewer: Edit, Convert, Compress PDF files safe?
Soda PDF Viewer intercepts all PDF navigations and forwards the full PDF URL, including any embedded auth tokens, to tools.sodapdf.com.
When the browser navigates to any PDF file, the extension detects the response and redirects the tab to the Soda PDF online viewer at tools.sodapdf.com, passing the original PDF URL as a query parameter. This includes URLs that carry AWS pre-signed tokens, Azure SAS tokens, or other bearer-style credentials embedded in the query string. The interception covers all sites except sodapdf.com itself and chrome://downloads/.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAvanquest Software (7270356 Canada Inc.) - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Avanquest Software (7270356 Canada Inc.) - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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 1.0.2.90. 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
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Read information about your displays
system.display
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Soda PDF Viewer 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-analytics.comwidely used
Soda PDF Viewer sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- tools.sodapdf.com
Soda PDF Viewer sends data to tools.sodapdf.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.