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SideChat – Side Conversations for ChatGPT & Claude

Chrome extension
82
/ 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

SideChat – Side Conversations for ChatGPT & Claude's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
45%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,224 extensions
In Productivity
57%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,247 productivity extensions
Findings
18
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
56
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 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

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

Low
Block network requests (declarative)

Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content

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