Is VPN safe?
VPN routes all browser traffic through vendor proxy servers using hardcoded shared credentials embedded in the extension bundle.
When connected, the extension intercepts every HTTP and HTTPS request and forwards it through vendor-operated proxy servers such as free-amsterdam-https-1.cloudburstcdn.com. Free-tier users share a single set of proxy credentials (username and password) that are statically embedded in the shipped bundle, making them visible to anyone who inspects the extension. The extension also optionally injects a script into every visited page to override the browser's geolocation API with the VPN server's reported location.
Who publishes it1VPN - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
1VPN - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.2.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed VPN contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- 1vpn.org
VPN sends data to 1vpn.org. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- cloudburstcdn.com
VPN sends data to cloudburstcdn.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- free-amsterdam-https-1.cloudburstcdn.com
VPN sends data to free-amsterdam-https-1.cloudburstcdn.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.