SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Dev.to News Feed
Firefox extension·by Dalta
90
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
Dev.to News Feed's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
62%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Feeds News Blogging
34%of feeds news blogging extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,335 feeds news blogging extensions
Findings
7
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 distinct issues across 6 severities
7
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High114%
Needs Review00%
Medium343%
Low343%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 3 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 4, 2026
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