Is Wayback Machine safe?

Clean risk

This extension lets you save and view archived versions of web pages in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

It provides tools to save the current page, open the oldest or newest archived version, view a capture calendar, and see snapshot counts for the page you are visiting. Optional features can check for archived copies of error pages, show contextual notices and related resources, display site maps or word clouds, and save URLs to My Web Archive.

Internet Archivev3.4.7Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Internet Archive - 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.

Publisher
Internet Archive
Declared legal entity
Internet Archive
Registered address
300 Funston Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118, US
Registered contact
Internet Archive

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.

summerofcode.withgoogle.com
Also called by 5 other listings, including Replace Google CDN

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 Wayback Machine 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.

  • Hypothes.is

    Wayback Machine sends data to Hypothes.is. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • Twitter

    Wayback Machine sends data to Twitter. Named as a recipient by 12 other extensions we have analysed.

  • Internet Archive

    Wayback Machine sends data to Internet Archive. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak