Is Forecastfox - Weather Forecast safe?
Forecastfox loads its API URL configuration from s3blog.org on startup with no integrity check, then routes all weather and location queries through those URLs.
Forecastfox is a weather forecast toolbar extension that fetches current conditions and forecasts from AccuWeather. On startup it retrieves a config.json file from s3blog.org that controls every API endpoint URL used to request weather and geolocation data. Because no signature or allowlist validates this remote file, the set of servers that receive your city code, latitude/longitude, and language preferences is determined entirely by the contents of that file.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itOleksandr - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
Oleksandr - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 4 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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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 5.4. 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
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Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Forecastfox - Weather Forecast 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.
- accuweather.com
Forecastfox - Weather Forecast sends data to accuweather.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- s3blog.org
Forecastfox - Weather Forecast sends data to s3blog.org. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.