Is Overleaf2Drive safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change your data on a number of websites
• Display notifications

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 4 match patterns.

• https://overleaf.com/project/* only overleaf.com
• https://www.overleaf.com/project/* only www.overleaf.com
• *://*.overleaf.com/* overleaf.com and all its subdomains
• https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/* only www.googleapis.com

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 1 site pattern.

• https://*.overleaf.com/project/* overleaf.com and all its subdomains

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Education, 17% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 5 browser permissions.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

15 users (last published figure)

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-09-23.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

Develop with Google, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2024-08-22 and was last updated on 2024-09-23.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. GPT4Overleaf No site access · 1 permission 62 users ★ 2.0
2. Overleaf Copilot No site access · 1 permission 757 users ★ 3.7
3. LeafLLM No site access · 2 permissions 195 users ★ 4.2

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Overleaf2Drive access?

Specific sites only: 4 match patterns. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does Overleaf2Drive collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Overleaf2Drive asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Overleaf2Drive publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.