Is Paperguide: AI-Native Research Platform for Scientific Research 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
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

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 all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history

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

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

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

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

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 4% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 22% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.

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

1k users

• Last updated in the store 1 day ago, on 2026-10-03.
• We have seen 2 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

The listing says it offers in-app purchases.

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.

1. 2026-10-03Asked for fewer permissions (16, was 17)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-03Version 1.0.18 · Asked for fewer permissions (16, was 17)
2. 2026-09-20Version 1.0.17

Who publishes it

ChatWithPDF, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2024-05-21 and was last updated on 2026-10-03.

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. Paperpile No permissions at all · No permissions declared 5k users ★ 4.6
2. Paper Tools Connector Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 33 site patterns 75 users ★ 5.0
3. Literati Connector Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 10 site patterns 9 users

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 Paperguide: AI-Native Research Platform for Scientific Research access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does Paperguide: AI-Native Research Platform for Scientific Research collect?

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

Has Paperguide: AI-Native Research Platform for Scientific Research asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-03.

Does Paperguide: AI-Native Research Platform for Scientific Research publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.