Is Manganum: Sidebar with Gmail and Google Calendar safe?
Manganum Sidebar sends every Google search query to its own servers and includes the user's Google email address in event telemetry.
When a user navigates to Google Search, the extension extracts the search query and transmits it via POST to ai.manganum.app. Separately, the extension collects usage events and flushes them in batches to api.manganum.app, each event enriched with the signed-in Google account email address, browser fingerprint details, and extension metadata.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itManganum Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
Manganum Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 3 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 25.6.15. 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
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Read the sites you visit most
topSites
Read and change your full browsing history
history
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Read and change your tab groups
tabGroups
Read and change your bookmarks
bookmarks
Run hidden pages in the background
offscreen
Show a panel beside the page
sidePanel
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Read and restore your recently closed tabs and windows
sessions
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Manganum 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.
- ai.manganum.app
Manganum sends data to ai.manganum.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- api.manganum.app
Manganum sends data to api.manganum.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.