SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker News UX
Firefox extension·by HNUX
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
Hacker News UX's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
83.4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
73.4%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
1
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
0
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
5
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
1
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 1 finding across 5 severities
1
findings
detected
detected
Critical1100%
High00%
Medium00%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 permissions declared
No risky permissions
5 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
http://news.ycombinator.net/*
No additional information available.
Info
http://news.ycombinator.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
http://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
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