Is Google Search safe?
Google Search sends selected page text to Google Search when you use its context-menu search.
The extension adds a "Search with Google" item to the selection context menu. When you choose it, the selected text is encoded into a google.com search URL and opened in a new tab.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.2.0.4resigned1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Google 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.
- google.com
Google Search sends data to google.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.