Developer Builds Free Chrome Extension That Uses AI to Flag Risky Terms of Service

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A developer has released ToS Radar PRO, a free Chrome extension that uses on-device AI to automatically scan Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages for potentially harmful clauses. The tool flags six risk categories, including forced arbitration, data sharing, auto-renewals, and AI training on user content. All processing runs locally within the browser, meaning no user data is sent to external servers. After testing the extension on over 50 popular websites, the developer found that 97% reserve the right to train AI on user data and 100% retain the ability to change their terms at any time without notice. Social media platforms and productivity SaaS tools were identified as the most frequent offenders across these risk categories.

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