SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
RSS Reader
Chrome extension·by Free Software
78
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
RSS Reader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
33%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,636 extensions
In Productivity
43%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,442 productivity extensions
Findings
13
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
7000
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical18%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1292%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
6 permissions declared
No risky permissions
6 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 16, 2026
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