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Watchdog — Extension Auditor & Manager

Chrome extension·by LocalExt
75
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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

Watchdog — Extension Auditor & Manager's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
26%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
34%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
63
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 63 distinct issues across 6 severities
63
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 75 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

4 risky permissions of 10 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Control privacy settings

Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing

Medium
View browser processes

Can monitor and manage browser process information

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Medium
Block requests with host access

Can block or redirect network requests and requires host permissions

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

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 18, 2026
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