Is EAB Search safe?
EAB Search routes omnibox search queries to eabsearch.com when it is set as Chrome's default search provider.
EAB Search changes Chrome's default search provider so searches typed in the address bar are sent to eabsearch.com. The search terms are included in the request's query parameter when Chrome performs the search.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.9.1. 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 eabsearch.com
https://eabsearch.com/
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed EAB 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.
- eabsearch.com
EAB Search sends data to eabsearch.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.