Is Vana Gmail Optimizer safe?
Vana Gmail Optimizer runs on Gmail and sends email-draft prompts to Google's Gemini API using a key embedded in its code.
The extension adds an account search bar and email drafting tools to Gmail pages. When drafting an email, it contacts vanas.space with the user's token, then sends the draft prompt to Google's Gemini API using a hardcoded API key in the service worker. The bundled key is readable by anyone who installs the extension.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itHerbata LLC - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
Herbata LLC - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 3 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.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Vana Gmail Optimizer 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.
- generativelanguage.googleapis.comwidely used
Vana Gmail Optimizer sends data to generativelanguage.googleapis.com. A widely used service: 35 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- vanas.space
Vana Gmail Optimizer sends data to vanas.space. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.