Is Search Online safe?
Search Online stores persistent onlinesearchtool.org cookies with an install ID and encoded browser user agent.
Search Online sets onlinesearchtool.org as the default search provider, so searches are sent to that site. Its background worker creates a unique install ID, stores it in extension storage, writes it into a one-year onlinesearchtool.org cookie, and also writes an encoded browser user-agent cookie that it restores if removed.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itOnline Search Tool - 3 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Online Search Tool - 3 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
3 other listings published from this account, 60k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.8. 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 onlinesearchtool.org
*://*.onlinesearchtool.org/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Search Online 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.
- onlinesearchtool.org
Search Online sends data to onlinesearchtool.org. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.