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Chrome Backup & Restore

Chrome extension·by litextools
57
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Chrome Backup & Restore's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,632 extensions
In Productivity
4%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,441 productivity extensions
Findings
179
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
11
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
531
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 179 distinct issues across 6 severities
179
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 180 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 11 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 11 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Access bookmarks

Can read and modify your saved bookmarks

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Unlimited local storage

Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium
View email address

Can see the email address of the signed-in Chrome user

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Manage tab groups

Can create and manage tab groups

Low
Access favicons

Can retrieve website favicon images

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