SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
backlingo
Chrome extension·by bsm.inc
59
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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
backlingo's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
5%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Language Support
3%of language support extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 4,529 language support extensions
Findings
112
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
54
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 112 distinct issues across 6 severities
112
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 119 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical11%
High11%
Needs Review00%
Medium8273%
Low1715%
Info1110%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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