Is Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Privacy safe?
Privacy Extension for WhatsApp fetches a remote config from waplus.io that drives promotional banners and dialogs in WhatsApp Web.
On WhatsApp Web, the extension requests a remote configuration from waplus.io, which controls ad banners and dialogs promoting WAPlus CRM and WA Sender extensions. It also reads the logged-in WhatsApp phone number from page storage and keeps it in local extension storage; in this build the number is not seen leaving the device. The popup sends button-usage events to an Alibaba Cloud log service.
Rated medium risk because of who publishes it: 1 of the 3 other listings from the same operator is rated high or critical for malicious behaviour. Flagged: WhatsApp Chat Backup (high).
Who publishes ittianfa9527 - 3 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
tianfa9527 - 3 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
3 other listings published from this account, 95k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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 1.0.0. 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 whatsapp.com
*://*.whatsapp.com/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Privacy 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.
- extension-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.comwidely used
Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Privacy sends data to extension-us.us-west-1.log.aliyuncs.com. A widely used service: 28 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- waplus.io
Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Privacy sends data to waplus.io. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.