Is HealthGuard safe?
HealthGuard embeds NewsGuard API credentials and uses them to request anonymous tokens and content-label services.
The extension ships NewsGuard client credentials and a GA4 API secret in its source. It combines the NewsGuard client ID and secret into Basic Authorization headers when requesting anonymous tokens and NewsGuard free-api label, summary, and suggest services.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itNewsGuard Technologies, Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 30k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 5.6.5. 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 every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/*
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 HealthGuard 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.
- account.newsguardtech.com
HealthGuard sends data to account.newsguardtech.com. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.