Is Google Maps Explorer safe?
Google Maps Explorer sends selected page text to Google Maps when you use its map search commands.
When you choose its map search menu items or keyboard command, Google Maps Explorer reads the highlighted text on the active page and uses it as a Google Maps query. It either opens Google Maps with that text or loads a Google Maps Embed iframe containing the same selected text.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Google Maps Explorer 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
Google Maps Explorer sends data to www.google.com. A widely used service: 153 other extensions we have analysed send data here.