SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
What The HEIC
Firefox extension·by Jonah
81
/ 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
What The HEIC's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
42%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,509 extensions
In Social & Communication
25%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 13,736 social & communication extensions
Findings
16
median 6Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
256
median 4vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 16 distinct issues across 6 severities
16
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical213%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1381%
Low16%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 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
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 19, 2026
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