Is Super Spy HeyEtsy.com Web Extension safe?
Super Spy HeyEtsy.com Web Extension scrapes Etsy listing and shop data as you browse and sends it to its own backend at vk1ng.com.
While you browse Etsy category, shop, listing, and search pages, the extension's content script reads listing details from the page (titles, URLs, images, view counts, badges, and dates) and passes them to its background service worker. The service worker stores this data locally and periodically uploads it in bulk to vk1ng.com/api, authenticated with a licence code you enter in the extension's popup.
Who publishes itYTuong.me - 5 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
YTuong.me - 5 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
5 other listings published from this account, 152k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.
Shared hosts - 5 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 3.5.3. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 3.5.6, which we have not unpacked yet.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Super Spy HeyEtsy.com Web Extension 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.
- vk1ng.com
Super Spy HeyEtsy.com Web Extension sends data to vk1ng.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.