SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Recent History
Chrome extension·by BrowseCraft
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
Recent History's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
33%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,022 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
31%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,649 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
16
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
40000
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 16 distinct issues across 6 severities
16
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 47 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High213%
Needs Review00%
Medium1275%
Low213%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 5 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access browsing history
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
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