SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
SideHN
Firefox extension·by Alin Panaitiu
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
SideHN's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
45%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Feeds News Blogging
22%of feeds news blogging extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,855 feeds news blogging extensions
Findings
3
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
15
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 7 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical133%
High133%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low133%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 7 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
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
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*/*?*hnid=*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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