Is K7 WebProtection safe?
K7 WebProtection sends visited pages and search-result URLs to the local K7 WebProtection native host.
After the privacy prompt is accepted, K7 WebProtection checks main-frame and sub-frame URLs with a local K7 native host for blocking decisions. On Google, Bing, and Yahoo search pages, it also collects result link URLs and sends them to the same local native host for site-rating lookups.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 7.0. 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 site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed K7 WebProtection 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.
- 127.0.0.1:7080
K7 WebProtection sends data to 127.0.0.1:7080. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- com.k7computing.k7webprotection
K7 WebProtection sends data to com.k7computing.k7webprotection. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.