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PaperSpan

Chrome extension·by PaperSpan - Read Later Offline
62
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

PaperSpan's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Feeds News Blogging
2%of feeds news blogging extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,335 feeds news blogging extensions
Findings
32
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2000
median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 32 distinct issues across 6 severities
32
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 39 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
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
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

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