SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Snitch
Chrome extension
68
/ 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
Snitch's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
12%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 380,843 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
10%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 23,547 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
17
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 17 distinct issues across 6 severities
17
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 18 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical16%
High212%
Needs Review00%
Medium1271%
Low212%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 5 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Delete browsing data
Can remove browsing history, cookies, cache, and other browsing data
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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