Perxcept

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What is Perxcept?
Perxcept is a unique Chrome extension developed by ZoomRx designed to non-intrusively monitor your exposure to healthcare-related content on websites handpicked by you. This tool does not collect any personal user data but instead aids in understanding what healthcare news and developments matter to the user, benefiting doctors, patients, and hospitals. The extension operates on an invitation-only basis, where approved users can participate after entering their personalized invite code.

Extension stats

Users: 750 ▲ 18
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 3.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-09-18)
Creation date: 2020-08-24
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • activeTab
  • pageCapture
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • storage
  • notifications
  • management
Host permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 1.17M

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Extension summary

Perxcept (read as “percept”) is a Google Chrome extension by ZoomRx that passively monitors your exposure to healthcare-related content across select websites. None of your personal information is collected as part of this research.

Your contributions will help other doctors, patients, and hospitals stay up-to-date on the latest in healthcare news and developments.

Perxcept is currently invite-based, so only users who have been sent an invite code will be able to sign in and participate.

Instructions to install:

Click on “Add to Chrome” and then ”Add extension” in the pop-up Enter your personalized invite code sent to your email ID Select the websites you want to share with us, and we’re good to go

Note - On selecting “Add to Chrome”, you will see a pop-up which says Perxcept can “read and change all data on the websites you visit”. However, Perxcept solely captures only the content from websites you’ve granted us access to and not alter any content on the visited websites.

Please contact [email protected] for additional information.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Perxcept is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Perxcept is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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