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SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Stack Exchange Post Watcher

Firefox extension·by Shubham Jain
83
/ 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

Stack Exchange Post Watcher's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
46%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Alerts & Updates
25%of alerts & updates extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,083 alerts & updates extensions
Findings
17
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
12
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 1vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 17 distinct issues across 6 severities
17
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 12 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 12 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

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
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Info
*://*.stackoverflow.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
*://*.stackexchange.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
*://*.superuser.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
*://*.serverfault.com/*

No additional information available.

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