Is Browsec VPN safe?
Browsec VPN probes remote-configured URLs bypassing its own proxy and sends a persistent user ID to its telemetry host on each page load.
The extension pulls its configuration from a GitHub Gist with no integrity check, including a list of URLs to probe and the telemetry domain to report to. When the browcheck feature is enabled, the extension fetches each configured URL directly — bypassing its own VPN proxy — and sends the results (HTTP status, timing, errors) to its telemetry service. A persistent identifier assigned by browsec.com servers is included in every telemetry event sent on proxied page loads.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itBrowsec Inc - no other listings under this identity, 7 shared hostnames
Browsec Inc - no other listings under this identity, 7 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 7 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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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.0.0. 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 every site you visit
<all_urls>
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Browsec VPN 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.
- gist.githubusercontent.com
Browsec VPN sends data to gist.githubusercontent.com. 2 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- gh-proxy.com
Browsec VPN sends data to gh-proxy.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- browsec.com
Browsec VPN sends data to browsec.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- data-e5.brmtr.org
Browsec VPN sends data to data-e5.brmtr.org. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.