SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Writer Watch
Chrome extension·by ReaderScout
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Writer Watch's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
6%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Lifestyle
12%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,925 lifestyle extensions
Findings
29
median 8Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
6000
median 47vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 29 findings across 5 severities
29
findings
detected
detected
Critical27%
High517%
Medium1966%
Low13%
Info27%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 7 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 7 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
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
View email address
Can see the email address of the signed-in Chrome user
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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