Is TeX for Gmail and Outlook safe?
TeX for Gmail and Outlook sends LaTeX you type in an email to a third-party rendering server as part of an image URL.
When you type LaTeX formulas while composing or reading Gmail or Outlook Web mail, the extension builds an image tag whose URL embeds the raw formula text and loads it from latex.codecogs.com (or s0.wp.com if the WordPress renderer is selected), so that server receives the LaTeX content in order to render it as an image. Because this happens through an image load rather than a declared host permission, it does not appear when reviewing the extension's requested permissions.
Who publishes itValery Alexeev - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Valery Alexeev - 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.
Publishers can request a review.
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed TeX for Gmail and Outlook 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.
- latex.codecogs.com
TeX for Gmail and Outlook sends data to latex.codecogs.com. 3 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- s0.wp.com
TeX for Gmail and Outlook sends data to s0.wp.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.