SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Hackernews Userscript
Firefox extension·by Drake Rossman
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 Userscript's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
76.77%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
66.77%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
5
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 · 5 findings across 5 severities
5
findings
detected
detected
Critical120%
High120%
Medium240%
Low120%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Info
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
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