Is Satellite Earth Maps safe?
Satellite Earth Maps is medium risk. Installing Satellite Earth Maps makes Chrome apply the manifest's default-search override. Address-bar searches go to bestfreemaps.com/search-earth.php with the text in q. The manifest names the provider "Online" and marks it default.
Who publishes itbestfreemaps.com - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
bestfreemaps.com - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
2 other listings published from this account, 10k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 2 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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Findings
Address-bar searches routed to BestFreeMaps
Installing Satellite Earth Maps makes Chrome apply the manifest's default-search override.
Address-bar searches go to bestfreemaps.com/search-earth.php with the text in q.
The manifest names the provider "Online" and marks it default.
What actually happens
You install Satellite Earth Maps and later search from Chrome's address bar.
The extension configures BestFreeMaps as Chrome's default search provider, so those searches are routed to bestfreemaps.com.
Chrome substitutes your search text into the q parameter of the manifest-declared search URL.
Captured request
Manifest-declared search endpoint; Chrome issues a GET request with the typed address-bar search replacing {searchTerms}.
Fields in the search request
- Your search termssatellite map of paris (illustrative)
The words you type into Chrome's address bar are sent to the search provider before results load.
- Search endpointhttps://bestfreemaps.com/search-earth.php?q=satellite%20map%20of%20paris (illustrative)
Shows which remote service receives the address-bar search query.
- Provider nameOnline
This is the search provider label Chrome receives from the extension manifest.
The code that does this
Manifest search-provider override
deobfuscated/manifest.json lines 28-37
deobfuscated/manifest.json"chrome_settings_overrides": { "search_provider": { "name": "Online", "keyword": "Eearth Maps Search", "favicon_url": "https://bestfreemaps.com/ext.png", "search_url": "https://bestfreemaps.com/search-earth.php?q={searchTerms}", "encoding": "UTF-8", "instant": true, "is_default": true }}Destination for address-bar searches
- bestfreemaps.com
Receives Chrome address-bar search queries through /search-earth.php with the query text in the q parameter.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage