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SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Privacy Extension

Chrome extension·by Tapstone Partners, LLC
77
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Privacy Extension's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
30%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,636 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
29%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,646 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
21
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 21 distinct issues across 6 severities
21
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 23 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 9 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Access location

Can determine your physical location

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

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

Low
View blocked request stats

Can see which declarative rules matched network requests

Low
Trigger searches

Can trigger searches using the default search engine

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 18, 2026
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