SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Choosy
Chrome extension·by George Brocklehurst
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Choosy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
28%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,347 extensions
In Productivity
54%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,771 productivity extensions
Findings
5
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
20000
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 findings across 5 severities
5
findings
detected
detected
Critical120%
High00%
Medium360%
Low120%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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