Is Wayback Machine safe?

Clean risk

View and save archived versions of web pages through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

This extension lets you save the current page, open the oldest or newest archived version, and see an overview of archived snapshots. It can check for archived copies when pages return 4xx or 5xx errors, show snapshot counts, and provide related resources, annotations, URLs, collections, site maps, and word clouds for pages you visit. Some features can automatically send page information unless Private Mode is enabled in settings.

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Who publishes it

Internet Archive - no other listings under this identity, 11 shared hostnames

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

Publisher
Internet Archive

Shared hosts - 11 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.

brave-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings
chrome-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings
edge-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings, including Wayback Machine
embed.plnkr.co
Also called by 2 other listings, including Wayback Machine
firefox-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings
internetarchive.github.io
Also called by 2 other listings, including Wayback Machine
opera-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings
rodden.org
Also called by 2 other listings
safari-api.archive.org
Also called by 2 other listings, including Wayback Machine
wordle.net
Also called by 3 other listings
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_new 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.

  • archive.org

    wayback-machine_new sends data to archive.org. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • hypothes.is

    wayback-machine_new sends data to hypothes.is. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • Twitterwidely used

    wayback-machine_new sends data to Twitter. Named as a recipient by 31 other extensions we have analysed.

Updated 15 October 2026amo-711438