SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Requests
Chrome extension
67
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Requests's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
66.72999999999999%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
56.72999999999999%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
58
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
2
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
1
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 58 distinct issues across 6 severities
58
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 63 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical12%
High23%
Needs Review00%
Medium4374%
Low59%
Info712%
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
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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