Is Weather Extension safe?
Weather Extension transmits your precise GPS coordinates and a persistent installation identifier to its servers every 60 minutes.
The extension schedules an hourly alarm that retrieves the device's GPS coordinates via the browser geolocation API and sends latitude, longitude, and location name to weatherextension.com. Each request includes a persistent 'appId' header assigned at registration and stored across browser sessions, allowing the vendor to build a location history tied to a specific installation. A hardcoded third-party API key for weather.com is also embedded in the bundle, exposing it to anyone who inspects the extension files.
Who publishes itTim - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Tim - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 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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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 6.0.46. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Store data in your browser
storage
Read your physical location
geolocation
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Weather Extension 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.
- weatherextension.com
Weather Extension sends data to weatherextension.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- api.weather.com
Weather Extension sends data to api.weather.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.