Is ActivTrak Assist safe?
ActivTrak Assist forwards every active tab URL and page title to a locally installed native app on each navigation and tab switch.
On startup, the extension opens a persistent native messaging port to the com.birchgrovesoftware.browsetrak host application installed on the user's computer. Each time a tab loads, becomes active, or the browser window focus changes, the extension sends the current tab's URL and title to that native app. This enables the locally running ActivTrak agent to record detailed browsing history without any per-page user interaction.
Who publishes itBirch Grove Software, Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Birch Grove Software, Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 3k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.3.0.8326. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ActivTrak Assist 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.
- com.birchgrovesoftware.browsetrak (local native app)
ActivTrak Assist sends data to com.birchgrovesoftware.browsetrak (local native app). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.