Is NewsWhip by Sprout Social Chrome Extension safe?
NewsWhip by Sprout Social sends its stored auth key to Google Analytics as the client ID on popup click events.
When a popup element with Google Analytics tracking is clicked, the extension reads the NewsWhip auth key stored in localStorage. It sends that value as the Measurement Protocol client_id to Google Analytics along with the click event name and category.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itNewsWhip Media Ltd - no other listings under this identity
NewsWhip Media Ltd - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.5.6. 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 ajax.googleapis.com
https://ajax.googleapis.com/
Read and change your data on api.newswhip.com
https://api.newswhip.com/v1/*
Read and change your data on newswhip.com
*://*.newswhip.com/*
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed NewsWhip by Sprout Social 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.google-analytics.comwidely used
NewsWhip by Sprout Social sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.