Firefox Is Leaking my Email... Is Anyone Else, with Companion App Installed, Getting Unsolicited an Email from Sites You've Visited?

[kwalla23]

Hi,
If you use Firefox and have the latest versions of VDH and Companion App installed, PLEASE go to LegacyBox.com, browse around to a couple minutes and see if they send you an email after you've closed the browser tab.

I just noticed that my email address is listed in the VDH settings. And starting about last month, I know my email address is leaked/exposed through Firefox (previous v128 and current v129.0.2, 64-bit) and/or Video DownloadHelper. I have VD (v 9.1.0.42) installed along with the Companion App (v2.0.19). And up till a few days ago, I had been using the most recent VDH beta version. My email was being leaked when the beta was installed, too.

While I'm not pointing the finger at VideoDownload Helper, I just noticed, in the last few days, that my email is sitting right there in the settings and have to wonder if websites can see it? Before that, I had been "blaming" my Firefox browser (possibly holding on to my email when used as a Username to log in to a website?). Forgot to mention, I know my email is exposed because I've gotten multiple emails from some sites nearly immediately after closing their website tab in Firefox.

I hadn't been keeping track of the sites where this has happened, but it happened again today after visiting legacybox.com (a place that converts VHS tapes and photos to a digital format). Don't know if every website is seeing my email, but only a few have sent me emails and today's "Thanks for stopping by..." was like every other.
Thanks,
Dave

[DocFreeman]

Sounds like the whole companion app could use a quick security audit.