Is Print Extension safe?
Print Extension sends network-printer data to a user-entered local printer endpoint over cleartext WebSocket.
When network-printer mode is used, Print Extension opens a ws:// connection to the printer IP address entered in the popup. It sends printer commands and print bytes over that cleartext local WebSocket connection rather than using an encrypted transport.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.1. 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
Talk to your printers
printerProvider
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Print Extension 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.
- ws://<user-entered-printer-ip>:8080
Print Extension sends data to ws://<user-entered-printer-ip>:8080. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.