Is Gblock — Block email tracking in Gmail safe?
Gblock reports suspected Gmail tracking-pixel URLs and rewrites external email links through Gblock proxies.
In Gmail, Gblock detects small image responses that look like tracking pixels and sends the image URL to www.gblock.app with the extension auth token. When click-tracking protection is enabled, it replaces non-Gmail email links with signed URLs under a regional Gblock proxy so the original destination URL is handled by the proxy before navigation.
Who publishes itBeschi Jacopo - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Beschi Jacopo - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.4.0. 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 googleusercontent.com
*://*.googleusercontent.com/*
Read and change your data on mail.google.com
*://mail.google.com/*
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
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 gblock-%E2%80%94-block-email-trac 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.
- us-proxy.gblock.app
gblock-%E2%80%94-block-email-trac sends data to us-proxy.gblock.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- www.gblock.app
gblock-%E2%80%94-block-email-trac sends data to www.gblock.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.