Inbox Influence

Inbox Influence

Sunlight Foundation's Gmail extension to add political influence information to your inbox.

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What is Inbox Influence?
Inbox Influence is a Chrome extension developed by the Sunlight Foundation that allows users to see the political contributions of individuals and organizations mentioned in their email inbox. Discover the influence background behind corporate correspondence, add context to news headlines, and uncover the sources behind political fundraising solicitations.
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Stats
Users: 12 ▲ 1
Version: 0.4.7 (Last updated: 2012-10-26)
Creation date: 2012-10-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 3.76K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Everyday our email inboxes are filled with urgent messages from co-workers, dinner reminders from family, as well as news alerts, listserv messages and even political advocacy communications.

Inbox Influence is a new tool from the Sunlight Foundation that allows you to see the political contributions of the people and organizations that are mentioned in emails you receive. This easy-to-use tool can be used for researching influence background on corporate correspondence, adding context to newspaper headlines or discovering who is behind political fundraising solicitations.

Safety
Risk impact

Inbox Influence is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Inbox Influence has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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