Is "Odilon – Color Blindness Correction (V1)" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?
Finally, a color blindness tool that doesn't ruin your reading experience. Most accessibility extensions apply a "blanket filter" to the entire screen. While this helps distinguish colors in charts or images, it often tints high-contrast black text into muddy reds or greens, causing significant eye strain during reading. Odilon is different. Built by Rhombus Research, this extension uses a "Semantic Segregation" engine. It intelligently targets visual media and interactive elements for color correction while strictly preserving text nodes. Key Features: Smart Correction: Applies Daltonization (Machado et al.) only to images, videos, canvas elements, and buttons. Text Protection: Keeps articles, documents, and code blocks in high-contrast black & white. Zero Latency: Uses GPU-accelerated SVG matrix filters for instant processing. Adjustable: Includes a "Correction Intensity" slider (0-100%) and toggles for Protanopia (Red-Blind), Deuteranopia (Green-Blind), and Tritanopia (Blue-Blind). Why "Odilon"? This project is the first public release from Rhombus Research, an independent studio exploring the intersection of design tools and accessibility. It is named after the French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon, known for his unique use of color and dreamlike pastels. Privacy & Security Odilon is a client-side extension. We do not collect, store, or transmit any user data, browsing history, or page content. About the Research This V1 release focuses on "Semantic Stability." Rhombus Research is actively investigating "Perceptual Naturalness" models (Shen et al. 2021) for future updates to bring high-fidelity color restoration to complex images.
Risk Assessment
Analyzed75 security findings detected across all analyzers
Chrome extension requesting 2 permissions
Severity Breakdown
Finding Categories
YARA Rules Matched
4 rules(6 hits)Requested Permissions
2 permissionsAccess and modify data on every website you visit
About This Extension
Detailed Findings
6 totalYARA Rule Matches
4 rulesIndicators of Compromise
Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis
All Indicators · 69
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detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent# XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#
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detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx XIOC detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
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detected URL: https://www.rhombus-research.com XIOC detected URL: https://www.rhombus-research.com
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detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'; XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
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detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/ XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
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detected Domain: www.w3.org XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org
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detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/ XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
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Security Analysis Summary
Security Analysis Overview
Odilon – Color Blindness Correction (V1) is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 1.0.3 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 39.98/100 (LOW risk) based on 75 security findings.
Risk Assessment
This extension presents low security risk. Some minor findings were detected, but nothing that would prevent typical usage. Reviewing the detailed findings below is recommended before use in sensitive environments.
Findings Breakdown
- High: 6 finding(s)
- Medium: 69 finding(s)
What Was Analyzed
The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:
- Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
- Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
- Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
- Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
- Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques
Developer Information
Odilon – Color Blindness Correction (V1) is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 13 users.
Recommendation
Exercise caution with this extension. Review the detailed findings and ensure the requested permissions align with the extension's stated functionality before installation.
Source Code Not Available
Source code is not available for this version of the extension.
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