Is Calculator Extension safe?
Calculator Extension sends searches typed on its new-tab page to brownmile.com.
Calculator Extension replaces the Chrome new-tab page with its own search box. When a user submits a search in that page, the extension redirects the browser to brownmile.com with the typed query in the URL.
Who publishes itNinaya Ltd - no other listings under this identity
Ninaya Ltd - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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Findings
New-tab searches are sent to brownmile.com instead of Bing
Typing a search into Calculator Extension's new-tab box redirects it to brownmile.com instead of Bing.
The request includes the search text plus publisher and channel parameters tied to the redirect URL.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user submits a search from the extension's new-tab page.
The extension redirects the browser to brownmile.com with the search text in the query string.
- Your search textcalculator history (illustrative)
The words typed into the new-tab search box are added to the query parameter and sent to the remote host.
- Redirect URLhttps://brownmile.com/?pub=103&ch=1636&query=calculator%20history (illustrative)
The destination URL contains publisher and channel parameters plus the search query, linking the search to this redirect flow.
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Calculator Extension 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.
- brownmile.com
Calculator Extension sends data to brownmile.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.