SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Paywall-Free Reader
Chrome extension·by Muaad Abdirahman
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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How it ranks
Paywall-Free Reader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
49%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Lifestyle
71%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,925 lifestyle extensions
Findings
5
median 8Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
20000
median 47vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 findings across 5 severities
5
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High120%
Medium360%
Low120%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 4 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 4 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
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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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