Is Easy Video Finder safe?
Easy Video Finder is medium risk. Easy Video Finder makes SafelySearch the default search provider at install. Address-bar searches carry the search text, extension version, vertical, and a fixed affiliate tag; the dashboard search button hits the same endpoint.…
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Findings
Address-Bar Searches Routed Through SafelySearch
Easy Video Finder makes SafelySearch the default search provider at install.
Address-bar searches carry the search text, extension version, vertical, and a fixed affiliate tag; the dashboard search button hits the same endpoint.
What actually happens
You install Easy Video Finder or use its dashboard search box.
The extension's manifest and dashboard script both point searches at SafelySearch.
The extension routes the search text to search.safelysearch.net with a fixed affiliate tag.
The address-bar template contains s=c4pr, and the dashboard appends action=evf, the selected engine, and the encoded query.
Fields sent by the search request
- Search textweather tomorrow
Contains the words you type into the address bar or the extension's dashboard search box.
- Affiliate tags=c4pr
Lets the destination associate the search with this extension's traffic source.
- Extension versionextversion=3.0.2
Adds the installed extension version to the address-bar search URL.
- Search categorycategory=web
Tells the destination that the browser is requesting a web-search result page.
- Verticalvert=private
Adds another routing label to the search request.
Captured request
The verification evidence recorded the manifest-defined GET URL template; no request body was recorded.
The code that does this
Manifest search override and dashboard redirect
Readable reconstruction of the manifest effect
manifest.jsonconst searchProvider = { name: 'Easy Video Finder', isDefault: true, addressBarSearchUrl: 'https://search.safelysearch.net/search/?category=web&extversion=3.0.2&s=c4pr&vert=private&q={searchTerms}', imageSearchUrl: 'https://search.safelysearch.net/search/?category=images&s=c4pr&q={searchTerms}', suggestionUrl: 'https://sug.safelysearch.net/v1/sug/?s=c4pr&vert=videoSearch&q={searchTerms}'};Readable reconstruction of the dashboard redirect
settings/script.jsfunction onDashboardSearchClick(event) { event.preventDefault(); const rawInput = $('.user-input').val(); if (!rawInput) { return; } const userInput = encodeURIComponent(rawInput); const options = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(filters)); const redirectUrl = `${config.search}&options=${options}&action=evf&se=${temporarySearchEngine}&q=${userInput}`; chrome.tabs.update({ url: redirectUrl });}Readable reconstruction of the search base URL
config.jsconst manifestSearchUrl = chrome.runtime.getManifest().chrome_settings_overrides.search_provider.search_url;const parsedSearchUrl = getLocation(manifestSearchUrl);const queryParams = getParams(parsedSearchUrl.search);export const config = { domain: parsedSearchUrl.origin, hostName: 'safelysearch.net', search: `${parsedSearchUrl.origin}${parsedSearchUrl.pathname}?category=web&s=${queryParams.s}&vert=${queryParams.vert}`, hubURL: chrome.runtime.getManifest().homepage_url, uninstall: `${parsedSearchUrl.origin}/wim/uninstall?s=${queryParams.s}&vert=${queryParams.vert}`};Search destination
- search.safelysearch.net
Receives address-bar and dashboard search requests, including q={searchTerms}, s=c4pr, and vert=private.
Address-Bar Typing Sent to SafelySearch Suggestions
Easy Video Finder sets a SafelySearch suggestion endpoint as the default search provider.
Address-bar suggestion requests send the typed text to sug.safelysearch.net with the fixed s=c4pr affiliate tag and vert=videoSearch label.
What actually happens
You type a search in the Chrome address bar after installing Easy Video Finder.
The configured default search provider includes a SafelySearch autocomplete URL.
Chrome uses the extension-configured suggestion URL and sends the typed text to sug.safelysearch.net.
The request URL contains q={searchTerms}, s=c4pr, and vert=videoSearch.
Fields sent by the suggestion request
- Typed address-bar textweath
Contains the search text being entered before you submit the search.
- Affiliate tags=c4pr
Lets the destination associate the suggestion traffic with this extension's source tag.
- Suggestion verticalvert=videoSearch
Adds a routing label for video-search autocomplete traffic.
- Suggestion hostsug.safelysearch.net
Shows which remote host receives the address-bar suggestion request.
Captured request
The verification evidence recorded the manifest-defined GET URL template; no request body was recorded.
The code that does this
Manifest suggestion endpoint
Readable reconstruction of the suggestion configuration
manifest.jsonconst searchProvider = { name: 'Easy Video Finder', isDefault: true, addressBarSearchUrl: 'https://search.safelysearch.net/search/?category=web&extversion=3.0.2&s=c4pr&vert=private&q={searchTerms}', suggestionUrl: 'https://sug.safelysearch.net/v1/sug/?s=c4pr&vert=videoSearch&q={searchTerms}'};function buildSuggestionRequest(typedText) { return searchProvider.suggestionUrl.replace('{searchTerms}', encodeURIComponent(typedText));}Suggestion destination
- sug.safelysearch.net
Receives autocomplete suggestion requests containing q={searchTerms}, s=c4pr, and vert=videoSearch.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.2. 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 safelysearch.net
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