Is Gemini next to Google results safe?

Clean risk

Gemini next to Google results sends search-page prompts to Gemini through your logged-in Google session.

When you use the Gemini panel on a supported search results page, the extension reads the page's search query and sends it as a prompt to Gemini. The request is posted to gemini.google.com with browser credentials included, so it uses your existing Google/Gemini account session.

OptiSearchv3.2Firefox Add-ons
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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.2. 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 gemini.google.com

    https://gemini.google.com/

  • Read and change your data on extensionpay.com

    https://extensionpay.com/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Gemini next to Google results 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.

  • gemini.google.com

    Gemini next to Google results sends data to gemini.google.com. 16 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026amo-2798493