SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
QuickOWL
Chrome extension·by Prasanna
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
QuickOWL's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
43%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Search Tools
19%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 15,409 search tools extensions
Findings
19
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
180
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 19 distinct issues across 6 severities
19
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High15%
Needs Review00%
Medium1789%
Low15%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 24, 2026
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