Is WhatRuns safe?
WhatRuns reads page HTML, email addresses, and server-selected page fields and sends them to whatruns.com.
On broad http and https pages, WhatRuns captures page HTML and the current URL, then extracts email addresses from that HTML and posts them to WhatRuns. Server-provided rules can also tell the content script to read matching DOM content, input values, page title, referrer, language, URL captures, and a persistent session ID, then send that payload to WhatRuns.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itWhatruns - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames
Whatruns - 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.
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 1.9.0. 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 every site you visit
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed WhatRuns 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.
- www.whatruns.com
WhatRuns sends data to www.whatruns.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.