Is Yandex — Homepage safe?
Yandex — Homepage sends a persistent browser UUID and extension runtime ID to Yandex servers at startup and every two hours.
At launch and on a two-hour interval, the extension transmits a telemetry payload to soft.export.yandex.ru containing a persistent UUID stored in browser storage, the extension version, operating system platform, a branding region string, and the extension's runtime ID. The extension also enumerates all other installed browser extensions via chrome.management.getAll and builds an internal registry of their identifiers and metadata, sharing that information between Yandex extensions via inter-extension messaging.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itYandex - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Yandex - 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.
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 8.23.3resigned1. 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://*/*
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Yandex — Homepage 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.
- soft.export.yandex.ru
Yandex — Homepage sends data to soft.export.yandex.ru. 4 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.