Is Horizon Geolocation Redirection safe?
Horizon Geolocation Redirection replaces the browser's location lookup on every HTTPS page with one relayed from VMware Horizon Client.
The extension runs on all pages and overrides navigator.geolocation so that location requests are answered by the local VMware Horizon Client, through a native messaging host and a local wss://view-localhost WebSocket. The Horizon host supplies the port and a list of allowed sites, and only pages matching that list are redirected. This is the stated purpose of the VMware Horizon HTML5 multimedia redirection feature.
Who publishes itOmnissa HoldCo LLC - 6 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Omnissa HoldCo LLC - 6 other listings 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
6 other listings published from this account, 893k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 8.14.0.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Horizon Geolocation Redirection 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.
- view-localhost (local VMware Horizon Client)
Horizon Geolocation Redirection sends data to view-localhost (local VMware Horizon Client). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.