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URL Shorten

Firefox extension·by Siddhartha Khuntia
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

URL Shorten's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
48%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Tabs
28%of tabs extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,598 tabs extensions
Findings
15
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8
median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 21 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 24, 2026
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