SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Zen Hacker News
Chrome extension·by Sam Solomon
68
/ 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
12%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
10%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,008 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
960
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 960 distinct issues across 6 severities
960
distinct issues
detected
detected
1 square ≈ 2 issues
Scanners reported 961 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical10%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium957100%
Low20%
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 · Jul 25, 2026
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