SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
FactLens: Live Fact Checker
Chrome extension·by Overspill Techonologies
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
FactLens: Live Fact Checker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 375,252 extensions
In Productivity
8%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 179,995 productivity extensions
Findings
56
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
12
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 56 distinct issues across 6 severities
56
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical24%
High12%
Needs Review00%
Medium2545%
Low2850%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 10 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Capture tab content
Can capture audio and video streams from browser tabs
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
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
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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