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ArxivPilot

Chrome extension·by weidafeng.edu
78
/ 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

ArxivPilot's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
32%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,224 extensions
In Productivity
42%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,247 productivity extensions
Findings
5
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
42
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 5 distinct issues across 6 severities
5
distinct issues
detected

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
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Low
Manage tab groups

Can create and manage tab groups

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