SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
X-Clacks-Overhead Detector
Chrome extension·by graycastlepress
78
/ 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
X-Clacks-Overhead Detector's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
34%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,560 extensions
In Lifestyle
32%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 49,069 lifestyle extensions
Findings
14
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
85
median 25vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 14 distinct issues across 6 severities
14
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical17%
High214%
Needs Review00%
Medium964%
Low214%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 2 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 21, 2026
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