Read Across The Aisle

This is a beta of the Read Across the Aisle Chrome extension. Send any feedback to [email protected].

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Read Across The Aisle - Broadening Your News Perspectives

'Read Across The Aisle' is a Chrome extension that offers a visual representation of your filter bubble, showing your most-read news sites and tracking your reading behavior over time. The tool aims to diversify your news intake by shedding light on where you spend most of your time reading. It includes features like social network tracking, free Wall Street Journal access, and potential future additions such as customized article recommendations and achievement badges.

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Extension stats

By: https://readacrosstheaisle.com

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 2.05

(56)

Version: 1.3.1 (Last updated: 2018-09-05)

Creation date: 2018-09-05

Permissions:

tabs
idle
unlimitedStorage
storage
webRequest
<all_urls>

Size: 389.12K

Email: co*****@beelinereader.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 13,004 ▲ 21

Other rankings

#933 in News & Weather ▲ 55 #144 in register keyword 13 ▼ 5 #160 in paypal keyword 5 ▲ 29 #172 in free access keyword 53 #260 in dashboard keyword 29 ▲ 3

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Temporary access to WSJ
Insightful additional feature
Free

Cons

WSJ access not working
SyntaxError when trying to sign up for WSJ trial
Homepage changes
Pushes survey

Most mentioned

WSJ access not working
SyntaxError when trying to sign up for WSJ trial
Doesn't work
Terrible
Homepage changes

User reviews

Not working

Turner Jacob, 2024-07-02

terrible, does not work

Pedro Góes, 2024-05-21

Don't even bother installing it!! WSJ access no longer works so what is this good for? IMMEDIATELY uninstalled ...

Jeff Clements, 2023-09-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Read Across The Aisle requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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