SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Expand — AI Research Companion for Article Previews
Chrome extension·by coding pedrito
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
Expand — AI Research Companion for Article Previews's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
23%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
30%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
103
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 103 distinct issues across 6 severities
103
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical11%
High11%
Needs Review00%
Medium9895%
Low33%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 5 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 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
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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