Helps users discover where an image originated, how it is used online, find higher-resolution versions, verify dating profiles, identify stock photos, and debunk fake or manipulated images

User right-clicks any image on a webpage → selects 'Search Image on TinEye' from context menu → extension constructs a tineye.com/search URL with the encoded image source URL and user's sort preferences → opens the URL in the configured tab style → user views reverse image search results on tineye.com

Target users: Journalists verifying image authenticity / Researchers tracking image provenance / General users wanting to find original sources of images / Anyone checking if a dating profile photo is stolen

Cannot verify whether tineye.com's web interface enforces login or paid tier limits for search results
TinEye's paid API services exist separately but are not integrated into the extension
The extension is very small and simple (7 text files, ~16KB of source), leaving little room for hidden functionality

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension contains no payment processing, no subscription logic, no premium feature gating, no billing API calls, and no upgrade prompts. All 'pro' keyword hits in the static scan are false positives—substrings in comments like 'provides better interop' (background.js:140) and 'appropriate' (background.js:12, options.js:6). The extension simply opens TinEye search URLs; it does not check or enforce any plan status. TinEye offers paid API services for developers, but the extension itself has no connection to those.

Confidence: 95
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension has zero authentication code—no login forms, no token management, no session handling, no account checks. Its core workflow is: right-click an image → extension opens tineye.com/search/?url=<image_url> in a browser tab. No account is needed to use the extension or to view TinEye search results. The destination service (tineye.com) may offer optional accounts for its own features, but the extension's reverse image search workflow is entirely anonymous and requires no credentials.

Permission risk

Medium-risk permissions

This estimate uses declared permissions and host permissions to assess access scope and sensitivity.

扩展能力较强：storage、scripting、activeTab

Publisher

TinEye

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +16478702606
Address: 223 Queen St E Toronto, ON M5A 1S2 CA

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