SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
DuckDuckGo But Better
Firefox extension·by WayTooBad
62
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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
DuckDuckGo But Better's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
69%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Search Tools
74%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 1,331 search tools extensions
Findings
5
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
24
median 55vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 distinct issues across 6 severities
5
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium480%
Low120%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
https://*.duckduckgo.com/?*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 12, 2026
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