SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Discover News for Desktop
Chrome extension·by Workcmd
92
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
Discover News for Desktop's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
67%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 421,242 extensions
In Lifestyle
65%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 49,933 lifestyle extensions
Findings
87
median 14Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
694
median 24vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 87 distinct issues across 6 severities
87
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium8699%
Low11%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 26, 2026
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