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Refresh Monitor

Chrome extension
82
/ 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

Refresh Monitor's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
46%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,831 extensions
In Productivity
56%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 202,458 productivity extensions
Findings
11
median 17Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 11 distinct issues across 6 severities
11
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 7 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Unlimited local storage

Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium
View email address

Can see the email address of the signed-in Chrome user

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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