Is Tippin Extension (tippin.me) safe?

Medium risk

Tippin Extension (tippin.me) sends Twitter usernames and tweet IDs with a hardcoded API credential to api.tippin.me.

When a user requests a WebLN invoice for a tweet, the content script posts the target Twitter username and tweet identifier to https://api.tippin.me/v1/invoices/add. The request includes a static Basic Authorization credential shipped in the extension, also present in the background invoice-fetch path.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

tippin.mev1.0.7Chrome Web Store
40Risk
Who publishes it

tippin.me - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
tippin.me
Website

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 1.0.7. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • React to what is on a page without reading the page

    declarativeContent

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Tippin Extension (tippin.me) 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.

  • api.tippin.me

    Tippin Extension (tippin.me) sends data to api.tippin.me. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

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