SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Better Search Engines
Firefox extension·by KyleDL
98
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
Better Search Engines's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
91%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 421,529 extensions
In Privacy & Security
91%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,665 privacy & security extensions
Findings
2
median 11Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
19
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 2 distinct issues across 6 severities
2
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium150%
Low150%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 permissions declared
No risky permissions
5 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
https://www.qwant.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.google.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://duckduckgo.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://search.brave.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.startpage.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 22, 2026
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