Who makes Directors Desk SecureView?

Directors Desk SecureView is published by Directors Desk - Secure View.

Is Directors Desk SecureView safe?

Q: Is Directors Desk SecureView safe?

Directors Desk SecureView is low risk. The rating reflects signals from our analysis that have not yet been published as detailed findings.

Low risk

Directors Desk SecureView bridges document links on directorsdesk.com to a local native viewer, forwarding a hardcoded key seed bundled in the extension.

When a user clicks a document link on a directorsdesk.com page, the extension fetches a one-time token from the site and assembles an XML payload that includes a static string 'Hello Machine Key Seed!' hardcoded in the distributed bundle. That payload is sent to a local native messaging host (com.google.chrome.nasdaq) which handles the secure document viewing. Because the key seed is static and publicly readable from the Chrome Web Store bundle, it provides no per-install secrecy.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Directors Desk - Secure Viewv2.0.3Chrome Web Store

20Risk

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 2.0.3. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Directors Desk SecureView 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.

com.google.chrome.nasdaq (local native messaging host)
Directors Desk SecureView sends data to com.google.chrome.nasdaq (local native messaging host). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.