Is WebControl safe?
WebControl fetches its tab-blocking policy over plaintext HTTP and applies it to redirect or close matching tabs.
WebControl requests blocking rules from http://web-control/webcontrol.txt and parses match-and-allow or match-and-block entries. When a visited tab URL matches a block entry, the extension redirects the tab to http://web-control/index.html with the matched site encoded in the URL or closes the tab if that page is not reachable.
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 24.02.07. 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 web-control
http://web-control/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed WebControl 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.
- web-control
WebControl sends data to web-control. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.