Is AliExpress Image Search safe?
AliExpress Image Search opens a hidden affiliate tab on AliExpress checkout and sends saved product image URLs to Thieve.
On AliExpress cart and order confirmation pages, the extension opens api.alichrome.io/bestoffers in an inactive tab and closes it after the page loads. It also stores AliExpress product or context-menu image URLs locally, then the popup sends the saved image URL to Thieve's image-search Cloud Function to fetch similar items.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAliChrome - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
AliChrome - 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 2.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AliExpress Image Search 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.
- api.alichrome.io
AliExpress Image Search sends data to api.alichrome.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- us-central1-thieve-co.cloudfunctions.net
AliExpress Image Search sends data to us-central1-thieve-co.cloudfunctions.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.