Is Rebrandly | URL shortener safe?
Rebrandly sends the active tab URL and title to api.rebrandly.com when you create a short link.
When you use the browser action to shorten a page, the extension reads the active tab's URL, title, and favicon, then posts the destination URL and optional title to Rebrandly's link API using the stored Rebrandly token. It also exposes a localhost-only message bridge that accepts clipboard read and write requests from http://localhost pages.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itRebrandly - no other listings under this identity, 21 shared hostnames
Rebrandly - no other listings under this identity, 21 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 21 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.2.0. 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 every site you visit
https://*/.google.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on www.gstatic.com
https://www.gstatic.com/*
Sign you in with your Google account
identity
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Write to your clipboard
clipboardWrite
Read whatever you have copied to your clipboard
clipboardRead
Store data in your browser
storage
Read and change your bookmarks
bookmarks
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Rebrandly | URL shortener 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.
- api.rebrandly.com
Rebrandly | URL shortener sends data to api.rebrandly.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- localhost
Rebrandly | URL shortener sends data to localhost. Named as a recipient by 11 other extensions we have analysed.