SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Private Internet Access – Proxy for Chrome
Chrome extension·by Private Internet Access
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Private Internet Access – Proxy for Chrome's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
65.82%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
55.81999999999999%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
32
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
7
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
10
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 32 distinct issues across 6 severities
32
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 42 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High13%
Needs Review00%
Medium1753%
Low1031%
Info413%
Permissions requested
7 risky permissions of 10 total
7 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 7 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Control privacy settings
Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Auth request provider
Can provide authentication credentials for web requests
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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