Is Document Converter & Search safe?
Document Converter & Search overrides the browser default search engine to Yahoo using hardcoded affiliate tracking parameters.
On install, the extension sets Yahoo as the default search engine via manifest search_provider, injecting affiliate codes (hspart, hsimp, type) into every search query. The same affiliate-tagged Yahoo URL is also constructed in the popup's search form, routing user queries through the extension's hardcoded affiliate parameters. Users cannot configure or remove these tracking parameters without uninstalling the extension.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.2. 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 documentconverter.com
*://documentconverter.com/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Document Converter & Search 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.
- search.yahoo.comwidely used
Document Converter & Search sends data to search.yahoo.com. A widely used service: 39 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.