Is Planet Search safe?

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Planet Search is medium risk. The Planet Search extension's manifest instructs Chrome to replace the browser's default search engine with planet-search.com on installation. Once installed, every search query entered in the browser address bar is directed to planet-search.com/search. As the user types, partial queries are additionally transmitted to planet-search.com/suggest for autocomplete suggestions. The extension's popup provides a second search entry point that routes all queries to the same domain. The extension's background script contains no code; the sole function of the extension is to redirect search traffic. The operator of planet-search.com is not identified in the Chrome Web Store listing or in the extension source.

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