SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker Newsie
Chrome extension
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
Hacker Newsie's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
17%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Lifestyle
31%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,925 lifestyle extensions
Findings
36
median 8Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 47vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 36 findings across 5 severities
36
findings
detected
detected
Critical26%
High00%
Medium3392%
Low00%
Info13%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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