Is ChatSearch: ChatGPT for Search Engine (GPT4) safe?
ChatSearch: ChatGPT for Search Engine (GPT4) logs search prompts with IP-derived fields and a UUID to Alibaba Cloud.
When it automatically sends supported search-page queries to ChatGPT, it also writes a chat log record containing the prompt, extension details, a persistent UUID, install time, and IP-derived user fields. The logged data is sent to an Alibaba Cloud Log Service endpoint at hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMallory Tran - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Mallory Tran - 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, 2k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.1. 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>
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ChatSearch: ChatGPT for Search Engine (GPT4) 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.
- ipinfo.iowidely used
ChatSearch: ChatGPT for Search Engine (GPT4) sends data to ipinfo.io. A widely used service: 45 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com
ChatSearch: ChatGPT for Search Engine (GPT4) sends data to hawkeye-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com. 18 other extensions we have analysed send data here.