Is Red Shield VPN safe?
Red Shield VPN sends a per-install device code in DNS-over-HTTPS TXT lookups to public resolvers.
Red Shield VPN creates and stores a persistent random device code, derives a subdomain from it, and uses that hostname while discovering its API domain. The derived per-install hostname is sent in DNS-over-HTTPS TXT queries to public resolver endpoints and is also attached as an X-RSV-Subdomain header on extension fetches.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 300.0.42. 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
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Red Shield VPN 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.
- dns.google
Red Shield VPN sends data to dns.google. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- 149.112.112.11
Red Shield VPN sends data to 149.112.112.11. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- 8.8.4.4
Red Shield VPN sends data to 8.8.4.4. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- 8.8.8.8
Red Shield VPN sends data to 8.8.8.8. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- 9.9.9.11
Red Shield VPN sends data to 9.9.9.11. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- common.dot.dns.yandex.net
Red Shield VPN sends data to common.dot.dns.yandex.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- dns.nextdns.io
Red Shield VPN sends data to dns.nextdns.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- dns11.quad9.net
Red Shield VPN sends data to dns11.quad9.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.