Reviews for Keepa.com - Amazon Price Tracker
Keepa.com - Amazon Price Tracker by Keepa.com
Review by Surf
Rated 1 out of 5
by Surf, 9 days agoRecent app updates want to track:
Browsing activity — potentially information about the websites/pages you visit.
Website content — potentially the contents of pages you view.
Personally identifying information (PII) — information that can identify you, such as names, email addresses, addresses, etc.
It didn't need it before so why now? Uninstalling.
Browsing activity — potentially information about the websites/pages you visit.
Website content — potentially the contents of pages you view.
Personally identifying information (PII) — information that can identify you, such as names, email addresses, addresses, etc.
It didn't need it before so why now? Uninstalling.
Developer response
posted 8 days agoNothing about how Keepa handles data changed in this update.
Mozilla now requires every add-on to declare data categories from a fixed list, and Firefox displays them on update.
What Keepa does: on an Amazon product page it sends that product's ASIN to keepa.com to draw the price chart. It is not logged and not retained. Nothing is stored unless you choose to track a product. The "personally identifying information" line refers to your Keepa session token - a login credential for your own account, not your name or email. We think that's the wrong label and have asked Mozilla to change it to "authentication information".
The extension runs only on Amazon product pages.
Mozilla now requires every add-on to declare data categories from a fixed list, and Firefox displays them on update.
What Keepa does: on an Amazon product page it sends that product's ASIN to keepa.com to draw the price chart. It is not logged and not retained. Nothing is stored unless you choose to track a product. The "personally identifying information" line refers to your Keepa session token - a login credential for your own account, not your name or email. We think that's the wrong label and have asked Mozilla to change it to "authentication information".
The extension runs only on Amazon product pages.
661 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by ersigne, an hour ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by perro.png, 3 hours agoThis extension asks for more permissions after every update. But today it asked for AUTHENTICATION data? Too bad this extension has become malware...
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14320116, a day agoStarted asking for more permissions, nothing really changed, devs didn't explain exactly why this happened
Developer response
posted a day agoThe chain: Firefox 140 made data disclosure mandatory. Our previous version declared "none", which was not accurate under the new definitions, so Mozilla disabled it. We resubmitted using the three categories named in Mozilla's enforcement notice. We then found two of those labels were wrong and removed them, which triggered a second prompt, since Firefox re-prompts on any addition even when the list gets shorter.
You're right that nothing really changed. The add-on behaves exactly as before (with bug fixes) and still runs only on Amazon product pages and keepa.com. The full explanation is now in the add-on description. - Rated 1 out of 5by FraYoshi, 2 days agoThe addon started requiring more permissions than necessary, it was slightly acceptable.. but now is requiring AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION! This is HIGHLY alarming. I highly suggest to refrain from using this malware.
Developer response
posted a day ago"Authentication information" here means one thing: a token the add-on generates on your own device for your Keepa account, so the chart loads your settings and tracked products. It is not your Amazon login, not your Firefox account, and not a password. The add-on never sees any of those.
It replaced the previous label, "personally identifying information" - the list got shorter, not longer. No permissions were added. Access is unchanged: keepa.com and Amazon product pages only.
Firefox 140 introduced these labels; the code behind them is the same as it was. Full source goes to Mozilla every release and their reviewers rebuild it to verify. - Rated 5 out of 5by Adam, 3 days agoThis is an excellent add on.
I'm all for data privacy use and disclosure but people need to read descriptions before getting their panties in a knot. - Rated 5 out of 5by ff, 3 days agoPerfect. (To other users: Please read the provided information about the permissions before writing feedback.)
- Rated 5 out of 5by mark, 3 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by stbitw, 4 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Younes Aassila, 5 days agoThank you for the transparency around the recent permission prompts.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12254945, 5 days agoI've been concerned recently with this extension failing, but good to see the dev being transparent about why. I could not even tell anyone how long I've had Keepa installed - it's been a long time. Fantastic extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17865869, 5 days agoA truly useful Firefox Add-on. I'm sorry you're getting reviewed bombed by people who did not bother to read the release notes.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18292245, 5 days agowhy you keep asking for new permission to view activity and auth info. why it was working just fine before?
Developer response
posted 5 days agoSorry - twice is twice too many.
The first prompt was Firefox's new data disclosure, mandatory for every add-on since Firefox 140. Nothing about Keepa changed, only the labels.
The second was us removing one of them: "personally identifying information", which was only ever your Keepa account token - now labelled "authentication information". Firefox re-prompts whenever a label is added, even when the list gets shorter.
It works exactly as it did before. What's left is browsing activity, because a price chart requires knowing which product you're on, and the account token. Nothing is logged unless you track something.
No further prompts expected. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20105560, 5 days agoWhat do you mean you need my authentication information ? I really hope this is a mistake and will get reversed.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThe "authentication information" is your Keepa account login authentication to store your settings and enable price tracking. Nothing else.
Keepa does not track your browsing history or collect personal data. The extension only runs on Amazon product pages to load price charts, and nothing is logged or stored unless you choose to track an item. - Rated 5 out of 5by Rifat, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kobelt, 6 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20018760, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18359640, 6 days agoGreat extension, bringing actual, useful data to Amazon listings!
One additional star for the clear explanation of what data is collected. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20099719, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Primokorn, 8 days agoDo NOT post BAD reviews if you are not aware of this information (from Keepa support):
"Nothing about how Keepa handles data changed in this update. Mozilla now requires every add-on to declare data categories from a fixed list, and Firefox displays them on update.
What Keepa does: on an Amazon product page it sends that product's ASIN to keepa.com to draw the price chart. It is not logged and not retained. Nothing is stored unless you choose to track a product. This unfortunately triggers the "collecting browsing history" permission.
The "personally identifying information" line refers to your Keepa session token - a login credential for your own account, not your name or email. We think that's the wrong label and have asked Mozilla to change it to "authentication information".
The extension runs only on Amazon product pages."
Do not blame Keepa for things required by Mozilla.
This kind of "issue" also happens On Google Play.
I'll keep using this addon! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20098764, 8 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by libra, 8 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Excel1, 8 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15488487, 8 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Raygen, 9 days agoEDIT: False alarm. Good informative response from the developer. Bit of a wrong move from FF.
Searching online and taking a better look at Keepa's privacy policy, it may be not perfect, but I trust it.
OLD REVIEW:
This just became a privacy nightmare. Uninstalled.Developer response
posted 8 days agoNothing about how Keepa handles data changed in this update.
Mozilla now requires every add-on to declare data categories from a fixed list, and Firefox displays them on update.
What Keepa does: on an Amazon product page it sends that product's ASIN to keepa.com to draw the price chart. It is not logged and not retained. Nothing is stored unless you choose to track a product. The "personally identifying information" line refers to your Keepa session token - a login credential for your own account, not your name or email. We think that's the wrong label and have asked Mozilla to change it to "authentication information".
The extension runs only on Amazon product pages. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18718208, 9 days agoEdit: I have adjusted my review under the understanding that this is a change in how firefox discloses data privacy. I would still advise the developers to address some still relevant concerns from Platant's blog post "Data exfiltration in Keepa Price Tracker".
Original: Uninstalling until the recent changes requiring lots of personal data collection is rolled back. There is no need for this info and hasn't been needed for years. Enshitification.Developer response
posted 8 days agoNothing about how Keepa handles data changed in this update.
Mozilla now requires every add-on to declare data categories from a fixed list, and Firefox displays them on update.
What Keepa does: on an Amazon product page it sends that product's ASIN to keepa.com to draw the price chart. It is not logged and not retained. Nothing is stored unless you choose to track a product. The "personally identifying information" line refers to your Keepa session token - a login credential for your own account, not your name or email. We think that's the wrong label and have asked Mozilla to change it to "authentication information".
The extension runs only on Amazon product pages.