SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
The Broader View
Chrome extension·by theconversation.social
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
The Broader View's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Lifestyle
1%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 43,972 lifestyle extensions
Findings
633
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
22
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 633 distinct issues across 6 severities
633
distinct issues
detected
detected
1 square ≈ 2 issues
Scanners reported 673 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical41%
High6110%
Needs Review00%
Medium51381%
Low447%
Info112%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 6 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 3, 2026
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