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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Readl Reader mode

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Readl Reader mode

ID: dppnhoaonckcimpejpjodcdoenfjleme

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.1.8

Size

0.12 MB

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

Users

1,867,009

Type

Extension

Updated

Aug 3, 2022

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: hungdower363View Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

1,867,009

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Read web pages without ads, banners, images and other distractions in reader mode and ease your gaze.

Readl Reader Mode is a helpful extension that allows you to read articles without banners, ads, background noise, etc. The main features of this app are: ✔ Reader Mode - Easier perception of information ✔ Customizable fonts, themes, sizes ✔ No ads, navigation, banner on the screen ✔ Shows pictures This app will open any article in a simple and clutter-free environment.

User Growth

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Versions

+65.52%(+739,064 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

3 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 10 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 4.90 / 5.0+4.90

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Medium4

Low1

Versions scanned

Showing 2 of 3 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.9 Code review	3
1.1.8 Code review	4

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.9	3
1.1.8	4

Files with findings

4 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js3
reader/index.html2
content.js1
reader/reader.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	high	background.js (line 164)	The background page pulls and executes JavaScript directly from `https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js`. Remote script execution inside a privileged extension context is a serious supply-chain risk because the…	1.1.9
2	Tracking	high	background.js (line 3)	The background page implements Google Analytics tracking (UA-211039558-1) with `ga('set','checkProtocolTask',null)` — a well-known technique to disable GA's built-in protocol validation check, which normally prevents …	1.1.8
3	Tracking	medium	reader/index.html (line 1)	The extension UI imports third-party stylesheets and fonts from public CDNs and Google Fonts every time the reader page is opened. These requests expose extension usage metadata to external parties and let remote serv…	1.1.9
4	Tracking	medium	reader/reader.js (line 3924)	This code dynamically injects a CSS `@import` from Google Fonts into the reader iframe. It causes outbound requests tied to reading activity and hands a remote service partial control over extension-rendered styling, …	1.1.9
5	Tracking	medium	content.js (line 1)	This content script runs on every page the user visits (matches `<all_urls>`, all frames) and calls `chrome.storage.sync.get` with the current page's full URL as the lookup key on every single page load. While the sta…	1.1.8
6	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	background.js (line 2)	Full page URLs are stored as keys in `chrome.storage.sync` (values 0/1 to toggle reader mode). Because `chrome.storage.sync` is backed by Google Sync servers, every URL the user opens in reader mode is transmitted to …	1.1.8
7	Tracking	low	reader/index.html (line 1)	The reader view page loads CSS and font resources directly from three external CDN domains (cdnjs.cloudflare.com, stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com, fonts.googleapis.com). Each of these requests reveals the user's IP address…	1.1.8

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www.google-analytics.com	/analytics.js	https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
www.apache.org	/licenses/LICENSE-2.0	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
code.google.com	/p/arc90labs-readability	http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability
developer.mozilla.org	/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nodeType	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nodeType
github.com	/whatwg/html/issues/4275,	https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/4275,
mobile.slate.com	-	http://mobile.slate.com
developer.mozilla.org	/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Content_categories	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content
dxr.mozilla.org	/mozilla-central/rev/71224049c0b52ab190564d3ea0eab089a159a4cf/accessible/html/HTMLTableAccessible.cpp	https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/71224049c0b52ab190564d3ea0eab089a159a4cf/accessible/html/HTMLTableAccessible.cpp#920
github.com	/jsdom/jsdom/issues/2580	https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/issues/2580
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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4.6 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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Tried 10+ reader extensions - thats only one that allows to stretch text to full screen width! Thank you!

Roman Levchenko·4 Apr 2023

In reading mode, important text blocks are cut out and this can not be changed. For example, comments on Blogspot. Pre-selecting the contents does not help. Not for me...

SPb Frog·27 Feb 2023

In Brave the shortcut does not work at all

Cesar EP·19 Feb 2023

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