Is Bitly | Short links and QR Codes safe?
Bitly sends the current tab or selected link URL to its API when you create a short link.
When you open the popup, the extension reads the active tab URL so it can prefill the destination for a new Bitly link. If you create a link manually or use the right-click shorten action, it sends that URL to Bitly's shorten API along with account settings such as the domain and group.
Who publishes itBitly - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
Bitly - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 4 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.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.5.0. 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 api-ssl.bitly.com
https://api-ssl.bitly.com/
Read and change your data on api-ssl.bitly.net
https://api-ssl.bitly.net/
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Write to your clipboard
clipboardWrite
Store data in your browser
storage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Bitly | Short links and QR Codes 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-ssl.bitly.com
Bitly | Short links and QR Codes sends data to api-ssl.bitly.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.