SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker News UI Improved
Chrome extension·by s20
0
/ 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
Hacker News UI Improved's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
34%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Productivity
60%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
4
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 4 findings across 5 severities
4
findings
detected
detected
Critical125%
High00%
Medium250%
Low125%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
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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