Is MSN Homepage, Bing Search & News safe?

Low risk

MSN Homepage, Bing Search & News sends a Bing MUID cookie and persistent machine ID to g.ceipmsn.com during telemetry pings.

Its service worker reads the Bing MUID cookie, stores or generates a MachineID, and adds those values to telemetry requests sent to http://g.ceipmsn.com/8SE/44. The pings run after install, after updates, and on a daily alarm; the same code also includes extension ID, version, OS, browser language/version, status, and partner/channel fields in the request.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Microsoft Corporationv0.0.0.18Chrome Web Store
17Risk
Who publishes it

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.

Publisher
Microsoft Corporation
Declared legal entity
Microsoft Corporation
Registered address
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-8300, US
Registered contact
Microsoft Corporation

Same store account

7 other listings published from this account, 4.7M+ users between them. 3 of them carry a finding.

Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards3.0M+MediumMicrosoft Bing Homepage & Search Engine1.0M+CleanMicrosoft Bing Search Engine400k+MediumMicrosoft Bing Homepage200k+CleanMicrosoft Bing Homepage, Search & News100k+MediumMicrosoft Bing Homepage & News10k+Low1 more listing in the relationship graph, on paid plans →

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.

Accessibility Insights for Web
same declared legal entity
100k+Clean2 more listings in the relationship graph, on paid plans →

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 0.0.0.18. 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 g.ceipmsn.com

    http://g.ceipmsn.com/*

  • Read and change your data on bing.com

    http://*.bing.com/* and 1 more

  • Read and change your data on microsoft.com

    http://*.microsoft.com/* and 1 more

  • Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in

    cookies

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Schedule its own background tasks

    alarms

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed MSN Homepage, Bing Search & News 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

    MSN Homepage, Bing Search & News sends data to g.ceipmsn.com. 9 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026midiombanaceofjhodpdibeppmnamfcj