SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hacker News - New Tab Links
Firefox extension·by jcordeiro
How it ranks
Hacker News - New Tab Links'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
0
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
1
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 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
https://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
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