Is Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome safe?
Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search reads a Google Analytics attribution cookie from chrome.google.com and includes it in daily ping beacons sent to Microsoft.
The extension reads the __utmz Google Analytics cookie from chrome.google.com to extract affiliate attribution data such as the traffic source, campaign name, and medium. This attribution value is encoded and sent as part of daily telemetry pings to go.microsoft.com. The behavior is used for affiliate and ad campaign tracking.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMicrosoft Corporation - 9 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Microsoft Corporation - 9 other listings from the same operator, 2 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
6 other listings published from this account, 18.3M+ users between them. 2 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.0.27. 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 secure site you visit
https://*/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Store data in your browser
storage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome 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.
- go.microsoft.com
Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome sends data to go.microsoft.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.