SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
YouTube Proxy
Chrome extension·by epubreader
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
YouTube Proxy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,726 extensions
In Productivity
41%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
13
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4000
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 findings across 5 severities
13
findings
detected
detected
Critical18%
High18%
Medium1077%
Low18%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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