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Fortect Browsing Protection

Chrome extension·by fortect-extensions
51
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Fortect Browsing Protection's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 384,183 extensions
In Productivity
2%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 183,548 productivity extensions
Findings
68
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
15
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8000
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 68 distinct issues across 6 severities
68
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 98 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

8 risky permissions of 15 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 15 permissions in total. 8 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps

Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer

Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

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 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
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Low
Trigger searches

Can trigger searches using the default search engine

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

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