SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hide Shorts - YouTube Helper
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
Hide Shorts - YouTube Helper's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
25%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Lifestyle
24%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 43,972 lifestyle extensions
Findings
25
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 25 distinct issues across 6 severities
25
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical14%
High312%
Needs Review00%
Medium2080%
Low14%
Info00%
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
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 24, 2026
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