Is ZenMate Free VPN safe?
ZenMate Free VPN sends the user's real IP address and location to a third-party geolocation service on install.
When the extension is first installed, it contacts extreme-ip-lookup.com to retrieve the user's real public IP address, country code, and city, storing this information locally. Additionally, user credentials received from zenmate.com pages are encrypted with a hardcoded AES key bundled in the extension source, making the key extractable by anyone who reads the extension files.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itZenMate - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
ZenMate - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 8 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 9.0.1. 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
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Clear your browsing history, cache and cookies
browsingData
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ZenMate Free VPN 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.
- extreme-ip-lookup.com
ZenMate Free VPN sends data to extreme-ip-lookup.com. 2 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.