Plain Text Offenders Alert

Tells you when you're on a site that stores your passwords in plaintext

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-07-24
Users: 601
Rating: 3.37 (19)
Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2015-04-23)
Creation date: 2015-04-23
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 43.16K

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Extension summary

Too many sites store sensitive information like passwords in plaintext. This leaves your password vulnerable to anyone with access to the site, from the site's developer to a hacker. Thankfully, Plain Text Offenders Alert stops you from giving your password to many of these sites. By using plaintextoffenders.com's constantly updated database of thousands of sites, Plain Text Offenders Alert notifies you if the site is known to be unsafe.

Disclaimer 1: Plain Text Offenders Alert is not associated with plaintextoffenders.com, it uses their publicly available database. Disclaimer 2: Plain Text Offenders Alert does not have a list of every single insecure site, this would be impossible. It lowers, but does not stop, the chance of you giving your password to an insecure site.

New in 1.7 (courtesy of Mattias Kågström)

  1. The X button will dismiss the alert for 10 days using a local cookie.
  2. The "here" link will now open a new tab

The code is available at https://github.com/klinskyc/PTOAlert. If you have an issue, feature request, or code changes, Github is preferred to the Chrome User Feedback (although I'll check both).

User reviews

THIS IS OFFENDING ME!
by SPEEDER, 2021-03-02

It doesn't seem to work. chrome.storage.local.get("siteList", function (obj) { var siteList = obj.siteList.data; "obj" is undefined and throws an error here...
by Dan Mathisen, 2020-01-06

Not working. I triead several pages from the plaintextoffenders list and nothing happened. :(
by Jonáš Bujok, 2019-03-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Plain Text Offenders Alert requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Plain Text Offenders Alert may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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