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Explain This – AI Reading Assistant & Pop-up Translator

Chrome extension·by caoheyi907
79
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Explain This – AI Reading Assistant & Pop-up Translator's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
36%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,022 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
34%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,649 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
26
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
12
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 26 distinct issues across 6 severities
26
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 4 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Info
windows

No additional information available.

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