Is HKUL Search Assistant safe?
HKUL Search Assistant redirects opted-in publisher pages through HKU Libraries EZProxy.
When the opt-in setting is enabled, the extension watches tab URL updates for matched publisher domains and navigates those pages through HKU Libraries EZProxy. This sends the matched page URL to eproxy.lib.hku.hk so the resource can open through the library proxy.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.20. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
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 HKUL Search Assistant 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.
- eproxy.lib.hku.hk
HKUL Search Assistant sends data to eproxy.lib.hku.hk. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.