SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Zen Hacker News
Chrome extension·by Sam Solomon
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
Zen Hacker News's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
10%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,717 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
13%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 3,474 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
967
median 6Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
6
median 37vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 967 findings across 5 severities
967
findings
detected
detected
1 square ≈ 2 findings
Critical30%
High00%
Medium963100%
Low10%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 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
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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