Is Page Auto Refresh safe?
Page Auto Refresh sends a persistent UUID and session ID to Google Analytics on startup and every 60 minutes.
Each time the extension starts, it generates or retrieves a permanent client identifier stored in local storage and POSTs it alongside a session ID to Google Analytics using a hardcoded Measurement ID and API secret. A repeating alarm ensures this telemetry is sent once per hour regardless of browser activity. The data transmitted is limited to the internal identifiers — no browsing URLs or page content are included in the reported payload.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itelizabethdemarais9546 - no other listings under this identity
elizabethdemarais9546 - 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 1.2.3. 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
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Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Page Auto Refresh 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
Page Auto Refresh sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.