Is Down Redirect safe?
Down Redirect redirects failed DNS navigations to downredirect.com with the failed hostname in the request.
When a top-level page fails with a DNS resolution error, Down Redirect changes the tab to a downredirect.com URL. That request includes the failed hostname in the nx query parameter, so downredirect.com receives the site name the browser could not resolve.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1. 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 every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Down Redirect 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.
- downredirect.com
Down Redirect sends data to downredirect.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.