SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Simple Proxy
Chrome extension·by Nicolas Cisco
79
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Simple Proxy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
35%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Productivity
45%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,263 productivity extensions
Findings
7
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
31
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 distinct issues across 6 severities
7
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical114%
High229%
Needs Review00%
Medium343%
Low114%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 4 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Auth request provider
Can provide authentication credentials for web requests
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 20, 2026
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