Is FoE - Helper safe?
FoE - Helper sends Forge of Empires player and guild identifiers to api.foe-rechner.de when the game starts.
On Forge of Empires pages, the extension's startup handler collects your player ID, user name, portrait ID, clan ID, world, guild ID, and extension version and posts them as JSON to api.foe-rechner.de. This upload is tied to the "Upload/Send data to foe-helper.com" setting, which ships enabled by default and can be disabled in the extension settings.
Who publishes itmainline - no other listings under this identity, 11 shared hostnames
mainline - no other listings under this identity, 11 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 11 hostnames
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.
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Findings
Player profile sent to api.foe-rechner.de by default
Loading a Forge of Empires page while logged in makes the extension read your player ID, username, portrait ID, guild ID and POST them to api.foe-rechner.de/SelfPlayer/.
Runs every load; the setting names foe-helper.com but sends elsewhere.
You open a Forge of Empires world page while logged into your game account.
No interaction with the extension's own interface is required.
The extension reads your player ID, username, portrait ID, and guild ID from the game's startup data and uploads them to a third-party API.
The upload fires automatically because the controlling setting ships enabled by default.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Player ID | 856644665 | A number that uniquely identifies your Forge of Empires account. | |
In-game username | EmpireBuilder92 (illustrative) | The display name on your account. Players often reuse a recognizable handle across sites, which can tie this profile to you elsewhere. | |
Portrait ID | portrait_id_4 | The avatar image code shown on your in-game profile. | |
Guild ID | undefined (no guild) or a numeric guild ID | The identifier of the guild (clan) you belong to, if any. | |
World and extension version | world=en11&v=4.6.0.0 | Which game server (world) you play on and which helper version you're running, sent as URL query parameters rather than in the request body. |
| Content-Type | application/json |
{
"player_id": 856644665,
"user_name": "EmpireBuilder92",
"portrait_id": "portrait_id_4"
}- api.foe-rechner.de
Receives your player ID, username, portrait ID, and guild ID on every load when GlobalSend defaults on. Different domain from foe-helper.com, the site named in the setting's label.
Fires once per Forge of Empires session, immediately after the game's own startup data loads, no click, save, or other action is required beyond opening the page.
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed FoE - Helper 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.foe-rechner.de
FoE - Helper sends data to api.foe-rechner.de. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.