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Programming News

Version 1.1 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 17 hours ago

Extension Details

Rating: 3.0 ★ (1 rating)

Users: 114

Context-Aware Verdict

MEDIUM

Overall Risk

Based on 2 total findings.

Findings

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: storage

This extension has the storage permission. Can store data locally.

MEDIUM

Older Manifest Version

This extension uses Manifest Version 2, which has fewer security restrictions than Manifest V3. Consider using extensions that have upgraded to V3.

Raw Manifest

{
  "name": "Programming News",
  "icons": {
    "16": "images/icon16.png",
    "48": "images/icon48.png",
    "128": "images/icon128.png"
  },
  "version": "1.1",
  "background": {
    "page": "background.html"
  },
  "update_url": "http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "Aggregates the top news items from Hacker News and Reddit /r/programming",
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "https://news.ycombinator.com/*",
    "http://www.reddit.com/r/programming"
  ],
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "19": "images/icon19.png",
      "38": "images/icon38.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "popup.html",
    "default_title": "Programming News"
  },
  "manifest_version": 2
}

by ✦ Astarte

Programming News

Extension Details

Context-Aware Verdict

Findings

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

Embedded URLs (5 total):

Raw Manifest

Detections

Manifest Findings

http://news.ycombinator.com/	https://news.ycombinator.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming	http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/programming-news/ggmnmmjaecmnabilobpplklijinifpip?hl=en-US&gl=US