SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
GeneSymbol Highlighter
Chrome extension·by pkheisig
85
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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How it ranks
GeneSymbol Highlighter's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
55%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,509 extensions
In Productivity
67%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 202,442 productivity extensions
Findings
11
median 17Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
10
median 13vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 11 distinct issues across 6 severities
11
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium873%
Low327%
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
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 18, 2026
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