PAN Discovery Browser

PAN Discovery Browser

Protect your browser from pages containing cardholder data.

PAN Discovery Browser
What is PAN Discovery Browser?
PAN Discovery Browser is a Chrome extension that allows you to prevent payment card numbers from being displayed. It provides a notification for pages potentially containing cardholder data. It helps prevent accidental forwarding of emails with card numbers and enables identification, reporting, and incident response for unexpected credit or debit card numbers.
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Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-12-19
By: Sure QC
Users: 18
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2019-02-22)
Creation date: 2019-02-17
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
Size: 35.39K
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Summary

This extension allows you to prevent payment card numbers from being displayed and to get a notification that the page potentially contains such information. All detection is done in-browser and no information is sent to any other location.

It's useful for preventing accidental forwarding of emails with card numbers in online email systems. It can allow the identification, reorting and instigation of Incident Response where unexpected credit card or debit card numbers are located. See https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/ for details of the PCI DSS standard.

Safety
Risk impact

PAN Discovery Browser may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

PAN Discovery Browser may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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