SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Active Search
Chrome extension·by activesearch.net
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
Active Search's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
45%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Lifestyle
45%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 43,972 lifestyle extensions
Findings
56
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 56 distinct issues across 6 severities
56
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 92 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High12%
Needs Review00%
Medium5496%
Low12%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View most visited sites
Can see your most frequently visited websites
Medium
Access location
Can determine your physical location
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
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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