SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

the paper link 3.0

Chrome extension·by Liang Cai
59
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

the paper link 3.0's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
5%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
6%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
168
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
9000
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 168 distinct issues across 6 severities
168
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 184 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 6 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 6 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
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Detect idle state

Can detect when your machine is idle, active, or locked

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