SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Refine — Hide YouTube distractions
Chrome extension·by paolo.j.nessim
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Refine — Hide YouTube distractions's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
48%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
60%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
11
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 11 distinct issues across 6 severities
11
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 13 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High218%
Needs Review00%
Medium655%
Low218%
Info19%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 4 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 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
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
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 23, 2026
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