Is The Big 5 safe?
The Big 5 sends Chrome top-sites URLs to Google's favicon service when the new tab page renders.
The extension replaces the browser's new tab page and reads Chrome's topSites list to show shortcuts. For each listed site, it requests a favicon from Google with the site's URL in the domain_url query parameter, sending browsing-history URLs to Google when the page renders.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMNS Digital Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
MNS Digital Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 1 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
2 other listings published from this account, 17k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
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 1.2.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Read the sites you visit most
topSites
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed The Big 5 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.
- www.google.com/s2/faviconswidely used
The Big 5 sends data to www.google.com/s2/favicons. A widely used service: 132 other extensions we have analysed send data here.