Is Safe Surf safe?
Safe Surf sends every visited URL and extracted search-result links to Bitdefender's Nimbus cloud for phishing and reputation scanning.
On every page navigation, and after loads of Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo results pages, the extension submits the visited URL (and, for search pages, the batch of result links pulled from the DOM) to nimbus.bitdefender.net, tagged with a per-install client ID, so its cloud can return a safe/unsafe verdict. Pages it classifies as phishing are separately reported back to the same service along with product and version info. This gives Bitdefender (via its "Chili Security"/"Safe Surf" branding) a running record of the sites users visit and search for, which is the expected data flow for a URL-reputation anti-phishing tool.
Who publishes itChili Security Denmark ApS - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Chili Security Denmark ApS - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Safe Surf 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.
- nimbus.bitdefender.net
Safe Surf sends data to nimbus.bitdefender.net. 3 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.