Is Ground News Bias Checker safe?
Ground News Bias Checker sends HTTPS page URLs to extension.ground.news to look up related news events.
When a tab updates on an HTTPS page, the background script sends the page URL to Ground News's search endpoint to check whether there is a related news event. If the response contains an event, the extension can open its popup on the page; when a stored session ID and article reference are present, it also records the open with Ground News's tracking API.
Who publishes itGround News - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
Ground News - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 4 hostnames
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.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.2.1. 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 extension.ground.news
https://extension.ground.news/*
Read and change your data on production.checkitt.news
https://production.checkitt.news/api/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Ground News Bias Checker 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.
- extension.ground.news
Ground News Bias Checker sends data to extension.ground.news. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- production.checkitt.news
Ground News Bias Checker sends data to production.checkitt.news. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.