Is Hacker Tab safe?
Hacker Tab sends your public IP address to ipinfo.io when you click Show IP on the new-tab page.
Hacker Tab does not automatically access websites or browsing data according to the reviewed claim. When you click the Show IP label on its new-tab page, it requests https://ipinfo.io/ip and displays the returned public IP address in the page.
Who publishes itFahad Yousaf Mahar - no other listings under this identity
Fahad Yousaf Mahar - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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 1.1.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Hacker Tab 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.
- ipinfo.iowidely used
Hacker Tab sends data to ipinfo.io. A widely used service: 45 other extensions we have analysed send data here.