SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PlainRead
Chrome extension
0
/ 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
PlainRead's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
18%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,726 extensions
In Productivity
39%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
15
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 15 findings across 5 severities
15
findings
detected
detected
Critical213%
High00%
Medium1280%
Low17%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 12, 2026
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