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Cool Papers Redirector
Firefox extension·by DigitalPig
How it ranks
Cool Papers Redirector's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
99%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
90%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
0
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
4
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 0 findings across 5 severities
0
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Medium00%
Low00%
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
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Info
*://arxiv.org/*
No additional information available.
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