Is Mailto: Set Default Email to Gmail by cloudHQ safe?
Mailto: Set Default Email to Gmail by cloudHQ sends Gmail account addresses to www.cloudhq.net during its pre-user check.
When it runs in Gmail, the content script reads the signed-in Gmail address and email addresses visible in the Gmail account switcher. It posts those addresses, along with extension metadata and switcher login details, to www.cloudhq.net/main_pre_user/check.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itcloudHQ LLC - 9 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
cloudHQ LLC - 9 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
9 other listings published from this account, 160k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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 1.0.2.5. 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 mail.google.com
https://mail.google.com/
Read and change your data on www.cloudhq.net
https://www.cloudhq.net/
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
Keep running in the background while your browser is open
background
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Mailto: Set Default Email to Gmail by cloudHQ 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.
- www.cloudhq.netwidely used
Mailto: Set Default Email to Gmail by cloudHQ sends data to www.cloudhq.net. A widely used service: 38 other extensions we have analysed send data here.