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Extension Details
Developer:
despeed.net
Rating:
5.0 ★
(1.2K ratings)
Size:
485KiB
Last Updated:
March 19, 2025
Users:
200,000
Context-Aware Verdict
This section provides a Claude-based AI analysis that applies additional context to the risk. Results are not guaranteed to be accurate.
HIGH
Risk Level
Trust Factors:
- The extension has a relatively high number of users (200,000) and a good rating (5.0/5.0), which suggests some level of trust from the user community.
- However, the developer information is limited, and there is no clear indication of the company's reputation or history.
Concerns:
- The extension requests the "geolocation" permission, which is unnecessary for a validator tool and raises privacy concerns.
- The "storage" permission allows the extension to store data locally, which could potentially be misused to store sensitive information.
- The broad host permissions allowing access to all websites are concerning, as they could potentially be used for tracking browsing activity or stealing sensitive data.
Recommendations:
- Exercise caution when installing this extension, as it requests unnecessary permissions and has broad host access.
- Consider running the extension in a separate Chrome profile or a sandboxed environment to mitigate potential risks.
- Monitor the extension's behavior and uninstall it if any suspicious activity is detected.
- Seek alternative validator tools from reputable developers that request only the necessary permissions and have transparent privacy policies.
Security Analysis
This section provides a detailed analysis of the extension's security posture, without broader context. Assumes worst-case impact.
MEDIUM
Overall Risk
Based on 3 total findings, ranked without considering overall context, including 1 high-risk and 2 medium-risk findings.
HIGH
Broad Host Permissions
This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites. This could potentially be used to steal sensitive data or track browsing activity.
MEDIUM
Medium-Risk Permission: geolocation
This extension has the geolocation permission. Can access your location.
MEDIUM
Medium-Risk Permission: storage
This extension has the storage permission. Can store data locally.
Security Analysis Details
Required Permissions:
- offscreen
- geolocation
- storage
Host Permissions:
- https://*.despeed.net/*
Embedded URLs (24 total):
| https://lodash.com/ | https://openjsf.org/ | |
| https://lodash.com/license | http://underscorejs.org/LICENSE | |
| https://npms.io/search?q=ponyfill. | https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant= | |
| http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink | http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace | |
| http://www.w3.org/2000/svg | http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML | |
| http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml | https://github.com/antoniolago/react-gauge-component | |
| http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ | https://reactrouter.com/en/main/routers/picking-a-router. | |
| https://remix.run/guides/errors | https://app.despeed.net/login | |
| https://app.despeed.net/register | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/world.geojson | |
| https://app.despeed.net/v1/api/dashboard-stats | https://app.despeed.net/dashboard | |
| https://app.despeed.net | https://app.despeed.net/v1/api/speedtest-eligibility-v2 | |
| https://app.despeed.net/v1/api/points-v2 | https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx |
Raw Manifest
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