Is Maps Hub Search safe?
Maps Hub Search reports Yahoo search-result activity to newtabtools.com with a persistent extension alias.
On Yahoo search result pages tied to the extension's search provider, Maps Hub Search records search-page loads and clicks on ad or natural results. It sends the event name, persistent alias, extension version, Chrome OS label, country, pagination state, and referrer-derived source to newtabtools.com.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itTravel Extensions Dev - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
Travel Extensions Dev - 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 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.
Read and change your data on newtabtools.com
*://*.newtabtools.com/*
Read and change your data on yahoo.com
*://*.yahoo.com/*
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Read the sites you visit most
topSites
Read and change your full browsing history
history
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Maps Hub Search 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.newtabtools.com
Maps Hub Search sends data to www.newtabtools.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.