SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Insty: Privacy for Instagram
Firefox extension·by Closly Friend
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
Insty: Privacy for Instagram's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
38%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
30%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
13
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High323%
Needs Review00%
Medium646%
Low431%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
*://www.instagram.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://instagram.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://m.instagram.com/*
No additional information available.
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