SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
VPN Free - Betternet VPN Proxy
Firefox extension·by Betternet LLC
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points
- No update in over 5 years
Why this matters
An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.
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
VPN Free - Betternet VPN Proxy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
8%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
5%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
51
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
5
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
7072
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 51 distinct issues across 6 severities
51
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 58 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical510%
High1427%
Needs Review00%
Medium2039%
Low1122%
Info12%
Permissions requested
7 risky permissions of 8 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 7 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
Critical
Manage other extensions
Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions
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
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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