Is AiPrice(AliPrice) Search by Image for TB safe?
AliPrice is low risk. Each install/update, AliPrice's worker resets analytics consent to true, even after opt-out. Defaults set privacyConsentRequired false, privacyStatus true, so analytics start before any prompt. DA confirmed five set calls at first run.
Who publishes itaiprice3 - 11 other listings from the same operator, 6 of them carrying a finding
aiprice3 - 11 other listings from the same operator, 6 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
11 other listings published from this account, 72k+ users between them. 6 of them carry a finding.
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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Findings
Analytics consent reset to opted-in on every extension update
Each install/update, AliPrice's worker resets analytics consent to true, even after opt-out.
Defaults set privacyConsentRequired false, privacyStatus true, so analytics start before any prompt.
DA confirmed five set calls at first run.
AliPrice is installed or receives a Chrome auto-update.
browser.runtime.onInstalled fires with reason 'install' or 'update'.
The background worker resets the analytics consent flag to true, even if you had previously opted out.
Any prior privacyStatus=false value in storage is discarded before settings are persisted.
Settings initialization, consent flag forced to true
const defaultSettings = () => ({
privacyConsentRequired: false, // no consent prompt shown
privacyStatus: true, // analytics opted in by default
privacyItemCookiesStatus: true,
privacyItemFunctionalStatus: true,
hasPrivacyPromptShowedOnInstall: false,
...
});You open the extension options and disable analytics.
The settings UI writes privacyStatus=false to chrome.storage.local.
On the next extension update, the background worker sets privacyStatus back to true before saving settings.
The opt-out is present in the merged settings object but is overwritten at background.js:15856 before being persisted.
Analytics gate, privacyStatus controls whether data is sent
// privacyStatus=true → sendToAlipriceAnalyze() + sendToAlipriceStatistics() + sendToGoogle() // privacyStatus=false → none of these fire // Because privacyStatus is reset to true on every update, // analytics resume automatically after each Chrome auto-update.
- matomo.chnprice.com
AliPrice's self-hosted Matomo analytics instance; receives browsing-activity events.
- region1.google-analytics.com
Google Analytics (GA4); receives extension-activity events alongside Matomo.
- api.aiprice.com
AliPrice API server; receives product-lookup and search activity.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 5.1.6. 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 aliprice.com
*://*.aliprice.com/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls> and 1 more
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See which of your requests its blocking rules matched
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage