Is Deal Finder safe?
Deal Finder sends your Google search result URLs to Takeads and rewrites matching links into affiliate tracking links.
On Google search pages, the extension collects the URLs of organic search results and sends them to Takeads' monetization API. When Takeads returns a matching affiliate deal, the extension overwrites that result's link with a tracking URL and adds a 'Discounts' badge and banner pointing to the same link. The API calls, including a similar one triggered from the extension's popup, use a fixed access token that is embedded directly in the shipped code.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAI Tech - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
AI Tech - 1 other listing 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
1 other listing published from this account, 10k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 3 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 3.0.0. 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
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
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 Deal Finder 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.
- api.takeads.com
Deal Finder sends data to api.takeads.com. 3 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.