SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
The Real Cost
Chrome extension·by Jax Tam
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
The Real Cost's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,719 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
5%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 3,474 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
83
median 6Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
6
median 37vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 83 findings across 5 severities
83
findings
detected
detected
Critical11%
High2429%
Medium5769%
Low11%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 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
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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