Is Surfshark VPN - Extension — fast & private safe?
Surfshark VPN Extension sends each visited domain to ext.surfshark.com and logs user events with a persistent device ID to ux.surfshark.com.
On each page load, the extension's breach-alert feature queries ext.surfshark.com with the current site's domain to check for known data breaches; this is enabled by default for subscribers. The extension also intercepts the browser Geolocation API on all HTTP/HTTPS pages when VPN geo-spoofing is active, substituting real GPS coordinates with those provided by the VPN cluster. Additionally, user interaction events paired with a persistent device UUID are sent to ux.surfshark.com, with statistics collection defaulting to on.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itSurfshark - no other listings under this identity, 9 shared hostnames
Surfshark - no other listings under this identity, 9 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 9 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 5.4.0. 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
<all_urls>
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Surfshark VPN - Extension — fast & private 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.
- ext.surfshark.com
Surfshark VPN - Extension — fast & private sends data to ext.surfshark.com. 2 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- ss-extension-filters.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
Surfshark VPN - Extension — fast & private sends data to ss-extension-filters.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- ux.surfshark.com
Surfshark VPN - Extension — fast & private sends data to ux.surfshark.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.