Is Google Analytics Debugger safe?
Google Analytics Debugger redirects Analytics script requests and adds a GTM debug cookie when the user turns debug mode on.
When the user enables debug mode from the toolbar, the extension reloads the active tab and intercepts Google Analytics, DoubleClick, and Google Tag Manager script requests. It redirects Analytics requests to Google's debug script URLs or appends a debug parameter, and it adds or replaces the GTM request Cookie header with gtm_debug=LOG=x.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.8.2. 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://*/*
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Google Analytics Debugger 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-analytics.comwidely used
Google Analytics Debugger sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- ssl.google-analytics.com
Google Analytics Debugger sends data to ssl.google-analytics.com. 12 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- www.googletagmanager.com
Google Analytics Debugger sends data to www.googletagmanager.com. 9 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- stats.g.doubleclick.net
Google Analytics Debugger sends data to stats.g.doubleclick.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.