Is IP Whois safe?
IP Whois sends active-tab site IP geolocation lookups to ip-api.com over plaintext HTTP.
When tabs activate, navigate, or the browser window regains focus, IP Whois reads the current tab URL and resolves the site's hostname. It then requests geolocation details from ip-api.com for that IP address, or sends the hostname if DNS resolution does not return an address, using plaintext HTTP.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itSergio - no other listings under this identity
Sergio - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.9. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed IP Whois 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.
- ip-api.comwidely used
IP Whois sends data to ip-api.com. A widely used service: 62 other extensions we have analysed send data here.