Is Microsoft Bing Homepage safe?
Microsoft Bing Homepage sends persistent machine ID telemetry to g.ceipmsn.com over cleartext HTTP.
The extension sends install, update, and daily activity pings that include a generated MachineID, extension version, operating system, browser language and version, extension ID, status, and optional channel or dpc tracking codes. These values are assembled into a URL and fetched over plain HTTP.
Who publishes itMicrosoft Corporation - 10 other listings from the same operator, 3 of them carrying a finding
Microsoft Corporation - 10 other listings from the same operator, 3 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
7 other listings published from this account, 4.5M+ users between them. 3 of them carry a finding.
Same operator - 3 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
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 0.0.0.10. 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 bing.com
http://*.bing.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on microsoft.com
https://*.microsoft.com/*
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Microsoft Bing Homepage 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.
- g.ceipmsn.com
Microsoft Bing Homepage sends data to g.ceipmsn.com. 9 other extensions we have analysed send data here.