Is The Broader View safe?
The Broader View sends the URL of pages you visit or click to its own server when the site matches a remotely-fetched list.
A background service worker checks every page you navigate to or link you click against a domain list it downloads hourly from an Amazon S3 bucket. When a page matches, the extension sends that page's full URL to its own backend, with your browser's credentials included, to power a 'diverse perspectives' news widget. This runs automatically once installed unless the feature is turned off.
Who publishes ittheconversation.social - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
theconversation.social - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 8 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 The Broader View 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.
- theconversation.social
The Broader View sends data to theconversation.social. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- writepublic-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com
The Broader View sends data to writepublic-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.