Is Free VPN for Chrome – GoVPN safe?

Medium risk

Free VPN for Chrome - GoVPN routes browser traffic through a hardcoded HTTP proxy while showing a 256-bit encryption status.

When the user connects, the extension sets Chrome to use the built-in HTTP proxy at 68.183.219.56:31280 and supplies bundled proxy credentials. Ordinary HTTP requests travel through that proxy path in cleartext, while HTTPS site content remains protected by site TLS.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Gowalk Inc.v1.2.2Chrome Web Store
46Risk

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2.2. 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

    <all_urls>

  • Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing

    proxy

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Schedule its own background tasks

    alarms

webRequestAuthProvider

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Free VPN for Chrome – GoVPN 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.

  • 68.183.219.56:31280

    Free VPN for Chrome – GoVPN sends data to 68.183.219.56:31280. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026bfihjamebcnkfeihibbninalkkffoebd