SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
TunnelBear VPN
Chrome extension·by TunnelBear
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
TunnelBear VPN's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
74.4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
64.4%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
42
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
5
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
7
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 42 distinct issues across 6 severities
42
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 51 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High37%
Needs Review00%
Medium3174%
Low512%
Info37%
Permissions requested
5 risky permissions of 7 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 5 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions
Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Control privacy settings
Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing
High
Auth request provider
Can provide authentication credentials for web requests
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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