SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
StudyScout — Prolific Study Tracker
Chrome extension·by awisherop
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
StudyScout — Prolific Study Tracker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
49%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 375,252 extensions
In Productivity
61%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 179,995 productivity extensions
Findings
30
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 30 distinct issues across 6 severities
30
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 33 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium2893%
Low27%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 permissions declared
No risky permissions
4 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 30, 2026
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