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Read text out loud

Chrome extension·by stan technologies
52
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Read text out loud's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In Productivity
3%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,452 productivity extensions
Findings
83
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2000
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 83 distinct issues across 6 severities
83
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 90 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 10 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

High
Observe web requests(optional)

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Monitor navigation

Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

Low
Text-to-speech

Can use text-to-speech to read text aloud

Low
Text-to-speech engine

Can provide a custom text-to-speech engine

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