Is Aternity Extension safe?
Aternity Extension captures web requests, DOM events, page performance, and download activity, forwarding them to a local native agent.
On every page the user visits, the extension records HTTP request and response headers, form field values, and browser DOM events such as clicks and keypresses, then sends this data to the Aternity desktop agent via native messaging. It also collects page load timing metrics (Navigation Timing API) and Chrome download activity including URLs, filenames, and byte counts. All data is routed to the native host com.aternity.fpi running on the user's machine.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 12.1.1.13. 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
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Aternity 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.aternity.fpi
Aternity sends data to com.aternity.fpi. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.