SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Modern for Hacker News
Firefox extension·by Modern Redesigns
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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
Modern for Hacker News's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
1%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
37
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
11
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
746
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 37 distinct issues across 6 severities
37
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 61 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical1130%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium2259%
Low411%
Info00%
Permissions requested
6 permissions declared
No risky permissions
6 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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
Info
https://extensionpay.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 18, 2026
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