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Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start

Chrome extension·by Surfshark Apps
48
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Privacy & Security
1%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,476 privacy & security extensions
Findings
79
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
12
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1000000
median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 79 distinct issues across 6 severities
79
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 99 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

7 risky permissions of 12 total
7 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 12 permissions in total. 7 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

High
Auth request provider

Can provide authentication credentials for web requests

Medium
Monitor navigation

Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

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

Low
View blocked request stats

Can see which declarative rules matched network requests

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 27, 2026
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