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Location Guard, used by 49,973 people, is not yet reviewed by Extension Auditor. Its permissions mean it can read and change data on all websites. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in March 2022.

Location Guard

Location Guard Edge extension security report

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸US English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
2.5.0
Size
0.58 MB
Rating
4.4/5
Reviews
21
Users
49,973
Type
Extension
Updated
Mar 18, 2022
Category
Accessibility
Price
Paid
Featured
No
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
No
This publisherTrack record
4extensions
1 no longer listed

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
Kostas Chatzikokolakis
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Website
Visit
Extensions
4
Active
2
Obsolete
1
Listed
3
Unlisted
1
Users
184,807

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Install growth

Item
Type
Severity
Description
http://*/*
Host
Critical
Broad host access — the extension can read/modify content on every website.
https://*/*
Host
Critical
Broad host access — the extension can read/modify content on every website.
<all_urls>
Risk Factor
Critical
This permission grants access to all websites without restriction. Rated High because it can access any web content, monitor all web activity, and potentially steal sensitive data across all sites.
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation• 15% increase: Older manifest version lacks modern security controls
Broad Host Permissions
Risk Factor
High
This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites.
Broad Content Script Access
Risk Factor
High
This extension can inject scripts into any website.
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.
Older Manifest Version
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension uses Manifest Version 2

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About this extension

Hide your geographic location from websites.

Read the publisher’s full description

Modern browsers such as Microsoft Edge can tell websites where you're located in order to provide location-aware functionality. Your geographic location obtained via JavaScript is often highly accurate, which can be a violation of your privacy. This extension allows enjoying geolocation applications while protecting your privacy, by reporting a fake location to websites, after adding a certain amount of "noise" to the real one. The noise is randomly selected in a way that protects the real location from being accurately inferred. There's also an option to use a fixed location, instead of adding noise to the real one. IMPORTANT: Location Guard protects against JavaScript-based geolocation (which has very high accuracy), NOT IP-based geolocation (which typically has low accuracy). If a website detects your coarse location from your IP address, then use a VPN, Location Guard is not meant to solve this problem. To report an issue with Location Guard please use the following page: https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues

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URLs
212
IPv4
2

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
2.5.0
Latest
0.58 MBNot scanned—
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