Is Friendly Tab - New Tab Page safe?
Friendly Tab - New Tab Page sends typed new-tab search queries to Google autocomplete before search submission.
When you type at least two characters in the new-tab search box, the extension requests suggestions from www.google.com/complete/search with the typed prefix in the q parameter. This happens before you submit the search, so partial search terms entered in the new-tab page are transmitted to Google for autocomplete suggestions.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itfriendly.tab.net - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
friendly.tab.net - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 3 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 1.1.0. 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>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Friendly Tab - New Tab Page 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.
- www.google.comwidely used
Friendly Tab - New Tab Page sends data to www.google.com. A widely used service: 153 other extensions we have analysed send data here.