Is GuardExt safe?
GuardExt checks installed extension IDs against Google's Chrome update service when the user starts a scan.
When the user runs a scan, GuardExt enumerates installed browser extensions and reviews details such as their ID, name, version, install type, permissions, and host permissions. For non-development and non-sideloaded extensions, it sends each extension ID to Google's Chrome update service to check whether Google recognizes the extension.
Who publishes itBalaenaTech Co., Ltd. - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
BalaenaTech Co., Ltd. - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 3 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.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed GuardExt 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.
- clients2.google.com
GuardExt sends data to clients2.google.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.