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CrowdProof Observe - Chrome Web Store Submission

Extension Details

Name: CrowdProof Observe

Summary (132 chars max): Quick-add observations to your CrowdProof instance. Submit photos, URLs, emails, logs, and statements from your browser.

Category: Productivity

Language: English

Description

CrowdProof Observe is the official browser companion for CrowdProof, a collaborative evidence, observation management, intelligence collection, and publication platform.

Features

Side Panel Interface - Submit observations without leaving your current page
Multiple Observation Types - Photos, URLs, emails (.msg/.eml), logs, and statements
Quick Capture - Right-click images or links to send directly to CrowdProof
Paste to Submit - Paste screenshots directly from clipboard
Access Management - Set public access levels for your observations
Server Flexibility - Connect to any CrowdProof instance

How It Works

Configure your CrowdProof server URL in settings
Log in with your CrowdProof credentials
Use the side panel or right-click context menus to submit observations
Manage public access settings for your observations

Note: This extension defaults to use the public instance of CrowdProof by design and intent, however, requires the configurability to point to other instances for SaaS and self-hosted clients and their users.

Permissions Justification

Permission	Reason
`storage`	Stores the user's configured server URL locally in browser storage.
`activeTab`	Captures the current page's URL and title when user clicks "Capture Current Page" for URL observations.
`cookies`	Maintains authenticated session cookies with the user's CrowdProof server.
`contextMenus`	Provides right-click menu options ("Send Image to CrowdProof", "Send Link to CrowdProof").
`sidePanel`	Displays the observation submission interface in Chrome's native side panel.

Host Permissions

Permission	Reason
`<all_urls>`	Necessary to communicate with user-configured CrowdProof server instances hosted at arbitrary domains. The extension does not access or modify page content on other sites.

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2025-12-30

Data Collection

CrowdProof Observe does not collect, store, or transmit any user data to third parties.

Server Communication

The extension communicates exclusively with the CrowdProof server URL configured by the user. All data submitted through the extension (observations, images, credentials) is sent only to this user-specified server.

Local Storage

The extension stores only the following data locally in browser storage:

The configured server URL
Temporary pending image/URL data for context menu actions (cleared after use)

Cookies

Session cookies are used to maintain authentication with the configured CrowdProof server. These cookies are managed by the browser and scoped to the server domain.

No Tracking

This extension does not include any analytics, telemetry, or tracking functionality.

Contact

For privacy inquiries, contact SILO GROUP at pr@silogroup.org

Screenshots

Recommended screenshots for submission (located in screenshots/ directory):

main_sidebar.png - Main side panel showing the photo observation form
access_manager.png - Access management screen with observation list
context-menu-1.png - Right-click "Send Image to CrowdProof" option
context-menu-2.png - Right-click "Send Link to CrowdProof" option

Technical Notes for Reviewers

Manifest V3 compliant
Source code is unobfuscated and readable
No external scripts or CDN dependencies
No data exfiltration - only communicates with user-configured server
Uses Chrome Side Panel API for native browser integration
Server URL defaults to https://crowdproof.silogroup.org but is user-configurable

Packaging

To create the submission zip (excludes CWS directory and markdown files):

cd crowdproof-observe-chrome
zip -r crowdproof-observe-chrome.zip . -x "*.git*" -x "CWS/*" -x "CWS" -x "*.md"

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