SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Link Advisor
Chrome extension·by Reinvent Cybersecurity
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
Link Advisor's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
16%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
13%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 22,985 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
31
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
34
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 31 distinct issues across 6 severities
31
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 39 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High26%
Needs Review00%
Medium1961%
Low413%
Info619%
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 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
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Low
Manage tab groups
Can create and manage tab groups
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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