SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HackerNews Quick Browse
Firefox extension·by Sumvip
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
HackerNews Quick Browse's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
81.4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
71.4%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
11
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
0
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
2
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
1
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 11 findings across 5 severities
11
findings
detected
detected
Critical19%
High00%
Medium1091%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/item*
No additional information available.
Info
*://hn.algolia.com/api/*
No additional information available.
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