SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker News Discussion Button
Firefox extension·by Jacob Strieb
77
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Hacker News Discussion Button's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
31%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,240 extensions
In Search Tools
12%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,543 search tools extensions
Findings
13
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
51
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical18%
High18%
Needs Review00%
Medium754%
Low431%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 5 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Info
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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