KillBait Checker Extension Chrome extension security report

What does this extension do? The KillBait browser extension allows users to analyze news articles on demand to determine whether they contain clickbait or sensationalist elements, and to receive a clear, AI-generated summary focused on the facts. When the user is visiting a news article, they can open the extension and choose to analyze the current URL. The extension sends the URL to the KillBait service only at the user’s request. If the article has already been analyzed, the result is shown immediately. Otherwise, the analysis is queued and can be checked later. All analyzed articles are stored locally in the extension’s history so users can easily review past results, compare analyses, or reopen previously checked news items. Why should users install it? Avoid misleading headlines: The extension helps users quickly identify whether a news article is potentially clickbait or exaggerated. Clear summaries: It provides concise, AI-generated summaries that focus on relevant facts instead of sensational framing. Language flexibility: Users can choose the language in which they want the summary, regardless of the original language of the article. User participation: Users can vote on whether an article is clickbait or not, helping improve the collective evaluation over time. Non-intrusive design: The extension does nothing automatically in the background and never interrupts browsing. How does user interaction work? The extension only runs when the user clicks it. No pages are scanned automatically. No background crawling or periodic network requests are performed. Every action (analysis, voting, viewing history) is explicitly initiated by the user. What does the icon badge mean? The number shown on the extension icon represents how many news articles the user has submitted today for analysis. The badge resets automatically every day. The icon color provides a quick visual indicator: Green: Plenty of submissions available. Orange: Approaching the daily limit. Red: Daily limit reached. This helps users manage their usage without opening the extension. Performance and resource usage The extension is designed to be extremely lightweight: It does not maintain persistent connections. It does not run background tasks. It only stores minimal local data (settings and history). Network requests occur only when the user explicitly requests an analysis. As a result, it has no noticeable impact on browser performance. Privacy and data handling URLs are sent to the KillBait service only when the user chooses to analyze them. No personal browsing data is collected automatically. Local storage is used only to save user settings, usage counters, and analysis history. Data is never sold or shared with third parties. A full privacy policy is available at: https://killbait.com/legal/privacy-policy