SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hackernews Sidebar
Chrome extension·by rimplesimpledimple
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
Hackernews Sidebar's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
34%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Productivity
60%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
3
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
11
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 3 findings across 5 severities
3
findings
detected
detected
Critical133%
High00%
Medium00%
Low133%
Info133%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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