SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
TheBoringEnglish
Chrome extension·by getLingoFlow
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
TheBoringEnglish's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
17%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
22%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
28
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 28 distinct issues across 6 severities
28
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 109 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical14%
High311%
Needs Review00%
Medium2382%
Low14%
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
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
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Block requests with host access
Can block or redirect network requests and requires host permissions
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 17, 2026
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