SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HN Special - An addition to Hacker News
Chrome extension·by hn-special-publishing
79
/ 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
HN Special - An addition to Hacker News's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
36%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,596 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
34%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,008 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
34
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
664
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 34 distinct issues across 6 severities
34
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High13%
Needs Review00%
Medium2985%
Low412%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 1 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 1 permission in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history(optional)
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
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