Is BeeLine Reader safe?
BeeLine Reader sends the full URL of each active page to Google Analytics via a tracking pixel for free and trial users.
When BeeLine Reader applies its color-gradient text formatting on a page, it calls a Google Analytics tracking pixel that includes the full page URL — path and query string included — as a UTM parameter. This occurs for users on free or trial accounts each time the extension activates, and also on error events and user interactions such as blacklist toggles. Paid users are not subject to this tracking call.
Who publishes itBeeLine Reader, Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
BeeLine Reader, 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, 1k+ users between them, none of them carrying 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
BeeLine sends the current page URL to Google Analytics on page coloring.
BeeLine Reader sends the full page URL to Google Analytics when it auto-colors text for free or trial users.
The request goes to www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif and includes the URL, path and query string, in the tracking pixel.
What actually happens
You navigate to a page where BeeLine Reader automatically activates.
BeeLine Reader sends the current page URL to Google Analytics through a tracking pixel request.
Captured request
Fields in the request
- Your browsing URLhttps://www.example.com/
This identifies the page being viewed, including the page path and any query string present in the URL.
Observation
Dynamic analysis confirmed a Google Analytics request carrying the page URL in the utmr parameter.
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed BeeLine Reader 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.
- www.google-analytics.comwidely used
BeeLine Reader sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 388 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.