Is Recipio safe?
Recipio routes all search queries through Yahoo affiliate search with hardcoded partner tracking codes, without disclosing this to users.
When a user enters a query in the extension popup, Recipio sends it to Yahoo's host-syndicated search (search.yahoo.com/yhs/search) with fixed affiliate parameters (hspart=sz, hsimp=yhs-038, type=type80179-990480695). This applies to both regular searches and the 'news' recipe-site mode. The affiliate codes monetize each search click for the extension publisher.
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Findings
Popup searches are routed through Yahoo affiliate tracking codes.
When you search from the Recipio popup, the extension opens a Yahoo search URL with partner tracking parameters attached.
It sends your search terms to search.yahoo.com/yhs/search using hardcoded affiliate codes.
The user submits a search from the extension popup.
The extension opens a Yahoo search URL containing the user's query and hardcoded affiliate tracking parameters.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Your search query | weather tomorrow (illustrative) | The words you enter in the popup are sent as the search term. | |
Yahoo search URL | https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=sz&hsimp=yhs-038&type=type80179-990480695&p=weather%20tomorrow (illustrative) | The destination URL includes fixed partner parameters that identify the affiliate search path. |