SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Redact
Chrome extension
79
/ 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
Redact's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
35%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
33%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,648 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
6
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
10
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 6 distinct issues across 6 severities
6
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical117%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium467%
Low117%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 13, 2026
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