Is Outsurf safe?
Outsurf downloads shortcut rules from outsurf.net and redirects matching Google searches to configured destinations.
On install and later updates, Outsurf posts a per-install identifier to outsurf.net/surf and saves returned shortcut-to-URL rules in browser sync storage. When a Google search URL contains a query matching one of those remote rules, the extension navigates the tab to the rule's configured URL without another prompt.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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 1.2.1. 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
<all_urls>
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Outsurf 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.
- outsurf.net
Outsurf sends data to outsurf.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.