SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
NY Times Connections Helper
Firefox extension·by Daniel
0
/ 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
NY Times Connections Helper's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
82.52%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
72.52%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
5
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
4
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
2
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 findings across 5 severities
5
findings
detected
detected
Critical240%
High120%
Medium120%
Low120%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 4 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
*://www.nytimes.com/games/connections
No additional information available.
Info
*://www.nytimes.com/games/connections*
No additional information available.
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