Is Chess.com Custom Pieces & GIF Background safe?
Chess.com Custom Pieces & GIF Background sets a fixed Chess.com referral cookie on matching pages.
When you open Chess.com pages, the extension writes a UserReferrerId cookie with a fixed developer referrer ID. The browser then includes that cookie in later first-party requests to Chess.com, while the extension applies its customization CSS.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.3.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Chess.com Custom Pieces & GIF Background 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.
- www.chess.com
Chess.com Custom Pieces & GIF Background sends data to www.chess.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.