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What our analysis found

Circle Reader, used by 20,000 people, is not yet reviewed by Extension Auditor. Its permissions mean it can read and change data on all websites and can inject scripts into pages. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in April 2026.

Circle Reader

Circle Reader Chrome extension security report

ID: dhpfcgilccfkodnhbllpiaabofjbjcbg

Supported Languages

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)
🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)
🇺🇸English
🇯🇵Japanese
🇰🇷Korean
🇹🇭Thai

Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
3.4.7
Size
2.38 MB
Rating
4.2/5
Reviews
149
Users
20,000
Type
Extension
Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Category
Tools
Price
Paid
Featured
Yes
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
Yes
This publisherTrack record
2extensions
1 no longer listed

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
http://circlereader.com/
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Website
Visit
Extensions
2
Active
1
Obsolete
1
Listed
1
Unlisted
1
Users
21,000

Email Change History

1 change
Sep 24, 2025

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Item
Type
Severity
Description
scripting
Permission
Critical
This permission allows injection and execution of JavaScript on any webpage. Rated Critical because it can modify page content, steal sensitive data, and inject malicious code into any site the extension has access to.
<all_urls>
Host
Critical
Broad host access — the extension can read/modify content on every website.
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation
Broad Host Permissions
Risk Factor
High
This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites.
Broad Content Script Access
Risk Factor
High
This extension can inject scripts into any website.
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
unlimitedStorage
Permission
Medium
This permission removes storage quota restrictions. Rated Medium because it can store large amounts of user data without limits, potentially impacting browser performance and storing extensive tracking data.
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.
contextMenus
Permission
Low
This permission adds items to browser context menus. Rated Medium because it only modifies right-click menus without access to page content.
fontSettings
Permission
Low
This permission controls browser font rendering settings. Rated Low because it only affects visual display preferences without access to content.

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About this extension

An extension that provides immersive reading to make you fall in love with reading on the web

Read the publisher’s full description

The best free reading assistant (reader mode) that enhances the web page reading experience. Ads are too distracting, the colors are too ugly, the fonts are too small to see clearly, the typography is too messy to find the text, does it really need to be so difficult to read the web? With just one click, Circle gives you the purest reading experience, escorting you to better reading. Circle reading assistant can extract the content of the webpage and rearrange the layout into a more suitable interface for reading. Using self-developed analysis engine and typesetting engine, the recognition effect and typesetting ability are smarter, faster and more friendly. If you are looking for a lightweight and intelligent reading aid product, you might as well try Circle Reading Assistant-the best reading aid of its kind! The reading assistant browser extension Circle, which is more powerful than the Safari reading mode, is an extension and improvement of the browser's own reading mode; it is the only magical tool for computers to read web pages, read novels, and watch news; it has shortcut key support, custom styles, Custom fonts, custom themes, automatic scrolling, automatic loading of the next page, reading aloud, article outline (outline), back to the top, reading by column, printing the formatted webpage in reading mode, supporting browser translation, etc. Reading auxiliary functions. The self-developed analysis engine provides faster analysis and smarter analysis capabilities. The self-developed typesetting engine automatically blocks advertisements and noise on html, and says goodbye to the format escape. The Circle reading assistant browser extension developed by pure js has been launched on Google Chrome browser, Firefox browser, Edge browser, 360 browser, Opera browser, etc. ★ Several distinctive functions of Circle Reading Assistant: ➤ Self-developed recognition engine: With the help of self-developed recognition engine, Circle's recognition effect is smarter and the recognition speed is faster. ➤ Self-developed typesetting engine: With the help of self-developed typesetting engine, Circle's typesetting effect is more friendly and the typesetting speed is faster. ➤ Letter paper effect: a reading experience like reading a letter. ➤ Multi-page analysis: On a page with a link to the next page, the content of the next page is automatically parsed and displayed on the current page. ➤ Reading by column: Originally read the webpage by column, the welfare of large-screen users, without wasting every inch of screen space. ➤ Read aloud: Tired of reading? Why not try the content! Free your hands to do other things. With the help of "multi-page analysis", what kind of bicycle is needed for listening to novels? ➤ Preset 5 colorful themes: simple white, eye-protecting green, elegant dark gray, and deep dark. Circle has always been what you like. ➤ Custom gradient background or picture background: The preset theme is not on your aesthetic point? It's ok! Customize themes as you splash ink. ➤ Customize various styles: Just reading is not possible, I have the final say on the style of the web page! The font size is bigger, the font is thicker, and the line spacing is higher. Circle does everything for you to read. ➤ Follow the system to switch themes: only support custom themes? nonexistent. How about switching different themes at different times? . ➤ Custom css: You don't have the effect I want, you are awesome ugly! Customize css to help you, understand that css Circle is your person. More details 👉🏻 https://circlereader.com ★ Keep abreast of the trends of Circle's reading assistant ➤ Subscription account 👉🏻 Senior Ranhe ★ Description of required permissions ➤ contextMenus: Use this permission to implement the right-click menu module, you can quickly access the function of Circle in the right-click menu ➤ <all_urls>: This permission allows Circle to access webpages, thereby realizing the recognition and layout of webpage content, as well as access to screenshots and exporting as pictures and other functions ★ Help support ➤ See FAQ 👉🏻 https://circlereader.com/docs/faq.html ★ Contact and discussion ➤ Contact me by email 👉🏻 wenguang.fe@gmail.com If you approve of my work, please have a cup of coffee to show encouragement and support 👉🏻 https://circlereader.com/donate The source code is hosted on github 👉🏻 https://github.com/hewenguang/circle Installing Circle means you accept our user agreement (https://circlereader.com/docs/agreement.html) and privacy policy (https://circlereader.com/docs/privacy.html)

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
3.4.7
Latest
2.38 MBNot scanned—
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3.4.0
1.96 MBNot scanned—
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3.3.0
1.95 MBNot scanned—
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3.2.4
1.79 MBNot scanned—
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3.2.3
1.79 MBNot scanned—
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3.2.2
1.79 MBNot scanned—
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3.2.1
1.78 MBNot scanned—
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3.2.0
1.78 MBNot scanned—
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3.1.2
1.70 MBNot scanned—
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3.1.1
1.70 MBNot scanned—
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