SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
LinkCage
Firefox extension·by Luis Yax
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
LinkCage's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
24%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
18%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
7
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 distinct issues across 6 severities
7
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical114%
High229%
Needs Review00%
Medium343%
Low114%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 16, 2026
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