SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Google Scholar PDF Linker
Chrome extension·by Robert Lei
76
/ 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
Google Scholar PDF Linker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
29%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Productivity
38%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,438 productivity extensions
Findings
32
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 32 distinct issues across 6 severities
32
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical13%
High13%
Needs Review00%
Medium2784%
Low39%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 6, 2026
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