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FluxDown

Chrome extension
69
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

FluxDown's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
13%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Productivity
17%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,263 productivity extensions
Findings
48
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
11
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
9000
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 48 distinct issues across 6 severities
48
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 62 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

5 risky permissions of 11 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 11 permissions in total. 5 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

High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Info
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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