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Britannica Insights

Edge extension·by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
38
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.

Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points

  • No update in over 5 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.

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How it ranks

Britannica Insights's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
12%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,596 extensions
In Search Tools
19%of search tools extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 1,331 search tools extensions
Findings
18
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5060
median 55vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 29 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Info
https://*.britannica.com/*

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