SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
NYT News Burst
Edge extension·by CREO TECHNOLOGIES
83
/ 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
NYT News Burst's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
49%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In News & Weather
42%of news & weather extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 313 news & weather extensions
Findings
16
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
16
median 33vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 16 distinct issues across 6 severities
16
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1488%
Low213%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 22, 2026
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