SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HandsFree Type
Chrome extension·by Ron Ward
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
HandsFree Type's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
37%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
48%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
13
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High18%
Needs Review00%
Medium1077%
Low215%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 6 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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