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Hacker News UX

Chrome extension·by Volos
81
/ 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

Hacker News UX's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
43%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
40%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,640 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
21
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
710
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 21 distinct issues across 6 severities
21
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Unlimited local storage

Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits

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