Is Open IE safe?
Open IE bundles an unsigned Windows executable and downloads it to the user's machine without any integrity verification.
The extension includes a PE32 Windows binary (setup.exe) that is delivered to the user's disk via chrome.downloads.download() when the user clicks a context menu item or an options page button. No hash or signature check is performed before or after the download. The binary installs a native messaging host, and is also exposed to any web origin via a web_accessible_resources entry.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.3. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging