SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Watchfree.news
Edge extension·by Watchfree.news
65
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points
- No update in over 4 years
- Built on Manifest V2, which Chrome and Edge are retiring
Why this matters
An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.
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
Watchfree.news's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
78%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In News & Weather
75%of news & weather extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 302 news & weather extensions
Findings
4
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
0
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
431
median 33vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 4 distinct issues across 6 severities
4
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 12 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium375%
Low125%
Info00%
Permissions requested
0 permissions declared
No permissions requested
This extension doesn't request any browser permissions. That's unusually clean.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 21, 2026
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