Is Chrometana - Redirect Bing Somewhere Better safe?
Redirects Bing search requests to a search engine you choose.
This extension sends Bing searches to Google, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo instead, including searches opened through Cortana when Chrome is the default browser. It may require Chrome background apps to be enabled for redirects to work when Chrome is closed.
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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 bing.com
*://*.bing.com/
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Store data in your browser
storage
Keep running in the background while your browser is open
background
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Chrometana 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.
- Googlewidely used
Chrometana sends data to Google. Named as a recipient by 45 other extensions we have analysed.
- Yahoo
Chrometana sends data to Yahoo. Named as a recipient by 9 other extensions we have analysed.
- DuckDuckGo
Chrometana sends data to DuckDuckGo. Named as a recipient by 5 other extensions we have analysed.