Is Shopify App Detector by Shopify Spy safe?
Shopify App Detector sends the active tab's site origin to api.shopify-spy.com to look up which Shopify apps that store uses.
When you open the extension's popup on a Shopify store, it reads the active tab's URL and sends just the origin (scheme and host, not the full path or query) to the vendor's backend at api.shopify-spy.com. The server returns the list of Shopify apps detected on that store, which the popup then displays. The request fires only on a user click and only on tabs identified as Shopify stores.
Who publishes itExtpose - 14 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Extpose - 14 other listings 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
14 other listings published from this account, 2.1M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.0. 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
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Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Shopify App Detector by Shopify Spy 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.
- api.shopify-spy.com
Shopify App Detector by Shopify Spy sends data to api.shopify-spy.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.