Is Browse.live Web Safety safe?
Browse.live Web Safety can collect page DOM text or attributes from any site and send them as telemetry.
Browse.live Web Safety loads a content script on all pages and can receive remote report rules that choose page elements to inspect. When those rules match, it reads element text or configured attributes and sends the collected values with page URL telemetry to its anonymous Browse.live endpoint.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAppEsteem Corporation - no other listings under this identity, 6 shared hostnames
AppEsteem Corporation - no other listings under this identity, 6 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 6 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 2.25.1729.2103. 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
<all_urls>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Browse.live Web Safety 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.
- anonymous.browse.live
Browse.live Web Safety sends data to anonymous.browse.live. 3 other extensions we have analysed send data here.