Is Browsing protection by F-Secure safe?
Browsing Protection by F-Secure forwards every navigated URL to the locally installed F-Secure desktop application for reputation lookup.
On each page navigation, the extension sends the URL to the F-Secure desktop security software running on the same machine, either via a localhost HTTP port or a native messaging channel (com.fsecure.browsingprotectionbootstrap). Communication stays on the loopback address and does not reach external servers. The extension also has a one-time migration routine that can disable two legacy F-Secure extension IDs via the chrome.management API when directed by the desktop app.
Who publishes itF-Secure Corporation - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
F-Secure Corporation - 2 other listings 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
2 other listings published from this account, 2.0M+ 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.
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 1.0.1702. 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
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Browsing protection by F-Secure 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.
- 127.0.0.1
Browsing protection by F-Secure sends data to 127.0.0.1. 7 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- com.fsecure.browsingprotectionbootstrap
Browsing protection by F-Secure sends data to com.fsecure.browsingprotectionbootstrap. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.