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.
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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.
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.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Your search terms | satellite map of paris (illustrative) | The words you type into Chrome's address bar are sent to the search provider before results load. | |
Search endpoint | https://bestfreemaps.com/search-earth.php?q=satellite%20map%20of%20paris (illustrative) | Shows which remote service receives the address-bar search query. | |
Provider name | Online | This is the search provider label Chrome receives from the extension manifest. |
Manifest search-provider override
"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
}
}- bestfreemaps.com
Receives Chrome address-bar search queries through /search-earth.php with the query text in the q parameter.