Is Searchfz safe?
Searchfz sends Chrome top-site hostnames to Google's favicon service on each new-tab page.
Searchfz replaces the browser's new-tab page and reads Chrome's top-sites list. When the new tab renders, it requests favicons from Google's favicon service using each top-site hostname, so those visited-site hostnames are sent to Google.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itArch Media AB - no other listings under this identity
Arch Media AB - no other listings under this identity
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.3.3. 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
Read the sites you visit most
topSites
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Searchfz 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.google.com/s2/faviconswidely used
Searchfz sends data to www.google.com/s2/favicons. A widely used service: 132 other extensions we have analysed send data here.