Is Merlin safe?

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Is Merlin safe?

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Merlin is medium risk. Merlin AI bundles GiveFreely's affiliate marketing library, which runs automatically in the background on every website you visit. On startup, the library registers a browser-level network listener across all URLs and contacts the GiveFreely API to create or retrieve a persistent anonymous user account linked to a UUID stored on your device. When you navigate to a merchant website that GiveFreely partners with, the extension fires checkout telemetry events — including that UUID — to GiveFreely's event endpoint. It also contacts MaxMind to determine your country of origin, a lookup that exposes your IP address to a third party.

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