Is Sheed Internet Security Plugin safe?
Sheed Internet Security Plugin sends visited-page and download metadata to its local security service.
When pages load, the extension sends the current URL and referrer to a local Sheed Internet Security service for reputation checks. It also reports download URLs, referrers, filenames, and download state changes to the same localhost service.
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 3.5.4.340. 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 every site you visit
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Sheed Internet Security Plugin 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.
- localhost:28438
Sheed Internet Security Plugin sends data to localhost:28438. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.