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Cool Things I Found On The Internet

Chrome extension·by Brian Machado
91
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.

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How it ranks

Cool Things I Found On The Internet's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
64%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,885 extensions
In Lifestyle
63%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 49,077 lifestyle extensions
Findings
10
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
41
median 25vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 5 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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 current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

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