Is Rutgers JudgeMyProfessor safe?
Rutgers JudgeMyProfessor sends a bundled Basic authorization header to RateMyProfessors for professor lookup requests.
When the extension looks up professor ratings, its background script posts GraphQL requests to RateMyProfessors. Those requests include a hardcoded Basic authorization header bundled in the extension, rather than a user-specific credential.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.4.0. 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 www.ratemyprofessors.com
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/graphql/
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Rutgers JudgeMyProfessor 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.
- www.ratemyprofessors.com
Rutgers JudgeMyProfessor sends data to www.ratemyprofessors.com. 3 other extensions we have analysed send data here.