Is thegivingmachine safe?
thegivingmachine sends matched shopping-site visits to Google Analytics.
Its content script checks the current page URL against a merchant list. When the page matches, it posts a Google Analytics event containing the matched merchant domain, and the request also exposes the browser's IP address to Google Analytics.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itTheGivingMachine - no other listings under this identity
TheGivingMachine - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 5.0.14. 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
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed thegivingmachine 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-analytics.comwidely used
thegivingmachine sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.