Explain to Chrome

Name: Explain to Chrome
Rating: 1 (2 reviews)
Author: oelmekki

Article shortener using ExplainToMe

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-12-22

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ExplainToMe[1] is a service using the TextRank algorithm to summarize web articles.

This chrome extension allows to use it from any page. This is especially useful on websites containing tons of links to articles, like twitter or facebook.

Usage:

Go to a website where you want to summarize links from, like twitter. Click the extension button and activate Explain to Chrome for this domain. Hovering links will now trigger summary.

If you prefer, you can configure the extension so that summary is triggered on right click, via its context menu item.

A note about permissions:

I know the permissions requested are quite extensive, sorry about that. ExplainToMe does not check for redirection, which means the extension has to: if you want to summarize a bit.ly link, I have to fetch the link to see if it redirects to somewhere else, follow it, then check if it redirects somewhere else, etc. For that reason, the extension must be able to fetch any url.

If you're not comfortable with that, you can review sources at https://github.com/oelmekki/explain-to-chrome , then install from sources.

[1] https://explaintome.herokuapp.com/

Extension

By:

oelmekki

Users:

Rating:

1.00

(2)

Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2016-09-05

Creation date:

2016-09-05

Risk:

Permissions:

https://*/*
http://*/*
activeTab
storage
contextMenus

Size:

25.87KB

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a year ago

User reviews

Not working.

Pa*****, 2021-10-03

Não vi utilidade pra mim.

Ge*****, 2017-11-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Explain to Chrome requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Explain to Chrome may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.