SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Know News
Chrome extension·by williamb
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
Know News's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
15%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Lifestyle
28%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,925 lifestyle extensions
Findings
14
median 8Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
268
median 47vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 14 findings across 5 severities
14
findings
detected
detected
Critical429%
High17%
Medium643%
Low321%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
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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