Is Watch TV safe?
Watch TV sends new-tab search terms to watchtvonline.org as users type.
When its new-tab search boxes are used, Watch TV requests autocomplete results from watchtvonline.org and posts movie searches there. It also requests city-level GeoIP data from geoip-js.com when the new tab page loads and stores the returned city and state locally.
Who publishes itWatch TV - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Watch TV - 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.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 60k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 12 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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Findings
New-tab search boxes send typed queries to Watch TV endpoints
When you type in the Watch TV new-tab search boxes, the extension sends those terms to watchtvonline.org autocomplete and search endpoints.
Dynamic analysis confirmed the new-tab override routes typed queries to that remote endpoint.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user types or submits a query in the extension's new-tab search boxes.
The extension sends the typed search terms to watchtvonline.org autocomplete and search endpoints.
- Search terms typed in the new-tab pageweather tomorrow (illustrative)
This is the form input entered by the user and sent as the request query.
Dynamic analysis confirmed the new-tab override and search handlers route typed queries to watchtvonline.org autocomplete and search endpoints.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.14. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Watch TV 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.
- geoip-js.com
Watch TV sends data to geoip-js.com. 4 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- watchtvonline.org
Watch TV sends data to watchtvonline.org. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.