Is Powertools - Shortcuts & Utilities safe?
Powertools redirects your tab to the developer's referral links when you visit Amazon, PayPal, Rakuten and other sites.
On every http(s) page, a content script checks whether the site is one of a listed set (Amazon, Rakuten, PayPal, NordVPN, Honey, Capital One Shopping, Coupert and others). If it matches and 24 hours have passed since the last redirect for that site, it replaces the page you navigated to with an affiliate referral URL. The only opt-out is a URL parameter that users are not told about; no browsing data is sent to a server.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itITW Creative Works - 4 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
ITW Creative Works - 4 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
4 other listings published from this account, 2k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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 1.0.11. 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
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management