SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HoverNotes - Web Highlighter & Quote Cards
Chrome extension·by yxonchan
74
/ 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
HoverNotes - Web Highlighter & Quote Cards's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
21%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
28%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
65
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
27
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 65 distinct issues across 6 severities
65
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical35%
High23%
Needs Review00%
Medium5686%
Low46%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 permissions declared
No risky permissions
4 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
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
Write to clipboard
Can place content onto your clipboard
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 30, 2026
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