SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker News Link + Comments
Firefox extension·by Patrick Kage
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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 Link + Comments's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
64%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
40%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
7
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 distinct issues across 6 severities
7
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium686%
Low114%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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