SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
The Guardian
Chrome extension·by radiolondra57
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 Guardian's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
59.58%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
49.58%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
63
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
4
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
6
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 63 findings across 5 severities
63
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High46%
Medium4368%
Low1219%
Info46%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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