SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Emotions for HN
Firefox extension·by Swapnil
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points
- No update in over 7 years
Why this matters
An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.
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
Emotions for HN's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
53%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
29%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
13
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1077%
Low323%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 permissions declared
No risky permissions
5 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/
No additional information available.
Info
https://hn-emotions.appspot.com/
No additional information available.
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/item*
No additional information available.
Info
http://localhost:8080/
No additional information available.
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