SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
History Viewer
Chrome extension·by James Coyle
93
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
History Viewer's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
69%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,632 extensions
In Productivity
83%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,441 productivity extensions
Findings
6
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
198
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 6 distinct issues across 6 severities
6
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High117%
Needs Review00%
Medium233%
Low117%
Info233%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 15, 2026
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