SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Yahoo Homepage
Edge extension·by Yahoo
78
/ 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
Yahoo Homepage's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
20%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,874 extensions
In News & Weather
20%of news & weather extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 317 news & weather extensions
Findings
67
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
242356
median 28vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 67 distinct issues across 6 severities
67
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical11%
High46%
Needs Review00%
Medium5582%
Low57%
Info23%
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
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 22, 2026
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