SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Cool Things I Found On The Internet
Chrome extension·by Brian Machado
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
Cool Things I Found On The Internet's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
14%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Lifestyle
15%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 43,972 lifestyle extensions
Findings
21
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
40
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 21 distinct issues across 6 severities
21
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical15%
High15%
Needs Review00%
Medium1886%
Low15%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 6 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Capture tab content
Can capture audio and video streams from browser tabs
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 1, 2026
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