Is BlankADS safe?
BlankADS sends browser and ruleset status to ads-blank.com and applies remote request-blocking and CSS rules.
On startup and periodic alarms, BlankADS posts its generated extension ID, browser brand list, enabled rulesets, saved date, and version to ads-blank.com. If the server response matches the local ID, the service worker installs returned declarativeNetRequest rules that can affect all sites and stores returned CSS rules. Its all-site content scripts read those CSS rules and modify page attributes or add elements on matching domains.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 8.5. 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
*://*/*
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed BlankADS 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.
- ads-blank.com
BlankADS sends data to ads-blank.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.