SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Free News
Edge extension·by Free News
73
/ 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
Free News's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,022 extensions
In News & Weather
15%of news & weather extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 302 news & weather extensions
Findings
23
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 33vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 23 distinct issues across 6 severities
23
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 55 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical14%
High14%
Needs Review00%
Medium1983%
Low29%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 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
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Sep 16, 2026
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