Is EMB Tools safe?
EMB Tools sends your nickname and public IP to its proxy API over plaintext HTTP.
Its popup registration, login, proxy-check, and server-list flows call EMB Tools proxy endpoints with your nickname, public IP, and bundled Basic auth credentials. Those requests use unencrypted HTTP to proxy.embtools.net and proxyreserve.embtools.net, so the data and responses are not protected in transit.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itEmbraces - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Embraces - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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 2.0.2. 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 every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed EMB Tools 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.
- api.ipify.orgwidely used
EMB Tools sends data to api.ipify.org. A widely used service: 41 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- proxy.embtools.net
EMB Tools sends data to proxy.embtools.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- proxyreserve.embtools.net
EMB Tools sends data to proxyreserve.embtools.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.