Is Galaxy Search safe?
Galaxy Search sends new-tab geolocation to OpenWeatherMap and top-site domains to Google's favicon service.
When its new-tab page opens, Galaxy Search can request precise browser geolocation and send the latitude and longitude to OpenWeatherMap for weather data. It also reads Chrome's top sites to render shortcuts, causing each top-site domain to be requested from Google's favicon service; if that load fails, a fallback avatar request can include the first character of the top-site title.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itCalitech - no other listings under this identity
Calitech - no other listings under this identity
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.4.0. 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 api.openweathermap.org
https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Read your physical location
geolocation
Read the sites you visit most
topSites
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Galaxy Search 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
Galaxy Search sends data to www.google.com. A widely used service: 153 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- api.openweathermap.orgwidely used
Galaxy Search sends data to api.openweathermap.org. A widely used service: 32 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- ui-avatars.com
Galaxy Search sends data to ui-avatars.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.