Is Privacy Redirect safe?
Privacy Redirect forwards supported site URLs to privacy frontends and geocodes Google Maps addresses with OpenStreetMap.
Privacy Redirect watches requests to supported services and redirects matching URLs, including paths and query strings, to the user's configured privacy frontend instances. For Google Maps links, it sends map search or route addresses to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service to look up coordinates before redirecting.
Who publishes itSimon Brazell - no other listings under this identity, 13 shared hostnames
Simon Brazell - no other listings under this identity, 13 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 13 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 1.1.49. 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
<all_urls>
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Privacy Redirect 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.
- nominatim.openstreetmap.org
Privacy Redirect sends data to nominatim.openstreetmap.org. 4 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- configured Nitter/Invidious/Bibliogram/Libreddit/SimplyTranslate/Wikiless instances
Privacy Redirect sends data to configured Nitter/Invidious/Bibliogram/Libreddit/SimplyTranslate/Wikiless instances. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.