Who makes URL Shortener?

URL Shortener is published by Byteseffect. The same operator publishes 1 other store listing, none of which carry a security finding.

What servers does URL Shortener send data to?

Our analysis observed URL Shortener sending data to tinyurl.com, api-ssl.bitly.com, is.gd, app.thebyteseffect.com, tny.im and v.gd.

Is URL Shortener safe?

Q: Is URL Shortener safe?

URL Shortener is rated clean - our review surfaced no unexpected behavior.

Clean risk

URL Shortener sends the page, selected link, image, or typed URL you shorten to the chosen shortening service.

When you open the popup, use the context menu, or enter a URL, the extension sends that URL to the shortening provider you configured. If automatic copy is enabled, opening the popup can immediately shorten the active tab URL through the selected service.

Byteseffectv15.0.0Chrome Web Store

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Who publishes it

Byteseffect - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher

Byteseffect

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 100k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

CRX Extractor/Downloader100k+Clean

Shared hosts - 4 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.

app.thebyteseffect.com

Also called by 2 other listings, including url-shortener-

priv.sh

Also called by 4 other listings, including url-shortener-

tny.im

Also called by 4 other listings, including url-shortener-

api.tinyurl.com

Also called by 6 other listings, including tiny_url

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 14.0.11. 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 15.0.0, which we have not unpacked yet.

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
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting

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.

tinyurl.com
URL Shortener sends data to tinyurl.com. 12 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
api-ssl.bitly.com
URL Shortener sends data to api-ssl.bitly.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
is.gd
URL Shortener sends data to is.gd. 3 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
app.thebyteseffect.com
URL Shortener sends data to app.thebyteseffect.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
tny.im
URL Shortener sends data to tny.im. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
v.gd
URL Shortener sends data to v.gd. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.