Is Homely safe?

Medium risk

Homely can fetch your eBay cart page over cleartext HTTP for its optional basket widget.

When the eBay basket widget is enabled and granted permission, Homely requests the user's eBay cart page over cleartext HTTP and parses the returned page for basket summary text. Its weather widget also sends the configured location to OpenWeatherMap in a cleartext HTTP query when weather display is enabled.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Terrancev1.8.0Chrome Web Store
40Risk
Who publishes it

Terrance - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Terrance

Shared hosts - 2 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.

addictivetips.com
Also called by 2 other listings, including Smooth Key Scroll
cart.payments.ebay.co.uk
Also called by 2 other listings, including DSMATEPRO

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 1.8.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Change your browser's font settings

    fontSettings

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Homely 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.

  • api.openweathermap.orgwidely used

    Homely sends data to api.openweathermap.org. A widely used service: 32 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • cart.payments.ebay.co.uk

    Homely sends data to cart.payments.ebay.co.uk. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026fplghnonomhbnlhdnmjpipoomkjdpeim