SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Reader
Chrome extension·by nathanhellbhoy
85
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
Reader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
54%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Productivity
68%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,471 productivity extensions
Findings
12
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 12 distinct issues across 6 severities
12
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High18%
Needs Review00%
Medium542%
Low650%
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
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 20, 2026
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