Is Shoptimate : automatic price comparison safe?
Shoptimate collects product metadata and full page URLs from all websites and transmits them to its servers.
On every tab update, the extension scans visited pages for product information — including SKU, brand, model, GTIN, and LD+JSON structured data — and sends this data along with the full page URL to api.shoptimate.com and toolbar.shoptimate.com. The extension also injects JavaScript directly into host pages to monkey-patch XMLHttpRequest, intercepting all XHR calls made by the page and relaying matching requests back via postMessage.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itSourcefully - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Sourcefully - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 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.
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 1.6. 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 api.shoptimate.com
https://api.shoptimate.com/*
Read and change your data on toolbar.shoptimate.com
https://toolbar.shoptimate.com/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Shoptimate : automatic price comparison 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.shoptimate.com
Shoptimate : automatic price comparison sends data to api.shoptimate.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- toolbar.shoptimate.com
Shoptimate : automatic price comparison sends data to toolbar.shoptimate.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.