Is OnlineShoppingTools - Automatic Coupons safe?
OnlineShoppingTools queries its own coupon database on every site you visit and opens hidden background tabs to insert affiliate cookies when you copy a code.
On every completed page load, the extension reads the tab's domain and checks it against a merchant list on the vendor's own servers to see if coupons are available, regardless of whether the popup is open. When a user copies a coupon code, the extension silently opens an invisible background tab to the merchant's affiliate link (or a Skimlinks redirect), waits for the redirect chain to finish setting an affiliate tracking cookie, then closes the tab without ever showing it to the user.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itOnlineShoppingTools - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
OnlineShoppingTools - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 3 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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 0.1.8. 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 site you visit
*://*/*
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed OnlineShoppingTools - Automatic Coupons 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.skimresources.com
OnlineShoppingTools - Automatic Coupons sends data to go.skimresources.com. 2 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- r.brandreward.com
OnlineShoppingTools - Automatic Coupons sends data to r.brandreward.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- firestore.googleapis.com (vouchertoday-af60a)
OnlineShoppingTools - Automatic Coupons sends data to firestore.googleapis.com (vouchertoday-af60a). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.