SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
ADS Finder
Firefox extension·by JoelBalzan
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
ADS Finder's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
29%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Search Tools
16%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 10,865 search tools extensions
Findings
7
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 findings across 5 severities
7
findings
detected
detected
Critical114%
High114%
Medium457%
Low114%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 5 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
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
*://academic.oup.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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