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Guardio Protection for Chrome

Chrome extension·by Guardio
53
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Guardio Protection for Chrome's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
2%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,640 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
80
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
15
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
700000
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 80 distinct issues across 6 severities
80
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 98 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

9 risky permissions of 15 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 15 permissions in total. 9 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

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
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

Medium
Block requests with host access

Can block or redirect network requests and requires host permissions

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

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

Low
Detect idle state

Can detect when your machine is idle, active, or locked

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 8, 2026
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