SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hippo Reader
Chrome extension·by Cicada
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
Hippo Reader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
50%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
63%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
13
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1292%
Low18%
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
Low
Text-to-speech
Can use text-to-speech to read text aloud
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 4, 2026
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