Is URL Shortener safe?
URL Shortener sends saved Cutt.ly API tokens and long URLs to app.thebyteseffect.com when shortening links.
When Cutt.ly is selected, URL Shortener reads the saved Cutt.ly API token and the long URL being shortened. It sends both values in a GET request to the publisher's app.thebyteseffect.com proxy instead of sending the request directly to Cutt.ly.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 13.0.2. 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 tinyurl.com
https://tinyurl.com/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Store data in your browser
storage
Write to your clipboard
clipboardWrite
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed url-shortener- 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.
- app.thebyteseffect.com
url-shortener- sends data to app.thebyteseffect.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.