Is Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting safe?
Screen Shader uses geoplugin.net over HTTP to estimate your location for sunrise and sunset tinting.
On fresh install, Screen Shader requests IP-based geolocation from geoplugin.net if no location is already saved, and the popup can make the same request when you use auto-find. It stores the returned approximate latitude, longitude, and location label in local Chrome storage to time its screen tinting behavior.
Who publishes itMarc Guiselin - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Marc Guiselin - 1 other listing 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
1 other listing published from this account, 30k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 3 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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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.1.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read files on your computer that you open in the browser
file:///*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Screen Shader 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.geoplugin.net
Screen Shader sends data to www.geoplugin.net. 4 other extensions we have analysed send data here.