Is Open via Google Maps safe?
Open via Google Maps opens user-selected address text in Google Maps after an explicit user action.
When you use the popup or context-menu action, the extension reads the currently selected text and uses it as a Google Maps search query. The claim evidence says the extension has no automatic content scripts or host permissions, and the selected text is sent to Google Maps only when you choose to open it there.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Open via Google Maps 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.com/maps
Open via Google Maps sends data to www.google.com/maps. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.