Side Panel for Gemini
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Risk Score
5.05
Risk Level:
Medium
Recommendation:
🟡 MEDIUM RISK — review
Top Risks
- Brand impersonation: uses 'Google' and 'Gemini' branding; developer is not affiliated with Google.
- Privacy policy points to generic Google account policy — not scoped to this extension, admits data collection and 3rd-party sharing.
- Monetization host googletagmanager.com in host_permissions enables tracking on all Google domains.
- Developer domain lf.gg flagged as throwaway-looking; no verified publisher status.
- Extension is 15 months stale; no verified publisher reduces trust in ongoing security maintenance.
Evidence
- brand_impersonation store brand_mention.is_impersonation=true; confirmed_owner=false; brands=['google','gemini']; dev domain lf.gg unrelated to Google.
- privacy_policy_generic api Policy is Google account policy; scope_extension=false, data_collection=true, third_party_sharing=true → +10.0 privacy pillar (v3.5 D).
- monetization_host manifest googletagmanager.com in both host_permissions and monetization_hits; category=AI, not Adblock/Shopping.
- throwaway_domain api threat_intel.developer_domain_info.looks_throwaway=true for lf.gg; dev not verified publisher.
- maintenance_stale store months_since_update=15; falls in 12-24mo band (+6.0 maintenance).
- no_verified_publisher store verified_publisher=false, is_featured_by_google=false; no trust discount available.
- csp_present_mv3 manifest CSP present; script-src 'self' only; no remote code loading. No MV2+no-CSP penalty.
- code_clean crx code_findings_raw=[], obfuscation_score=0.0, js_external_hosts=[]; no malicious code indicators.
Permissions Breakdown
- declarativeNetRequest medium Can modify network requests declaratively; medium risk without broad host access.
- sidePanel low Renders extension UI in side panel; minimal risk.
- storage low Local extension storage; low risk.
- *://*.google.com/* medium Host access to all Google domains; scoped to stated function but broad.
- *://*.googleusercontent.com/* medium Access to user content served by Google; reasonable for Gemini but broad.
- *://*.googletagmanager.com/* high Host access to GTM; enables analytics/tracking beyond core function.
Pillar Scores
Permissions2.50
Reputation7.00
Network2.50
Webstore5.50
Maintenance6.00
Privacy10.00
Code Quality0.00
CVE Exposure0.00
Scoring History
| sssiedn017a3b68dp727562726963xsx | 4.33 | Medium | review | 2026-08-25 |
| fsssiedxasssiedx | 5.28 | Medium | review | 2026-08-22 |
| fsssiedxa"sssiedx | 4.59 | Medium | review | 2026-08-22 |
| fsssiedxa'sssiedx | 5.07 | Medium | review | 2026-08-22 |
| sssieddrubricxsx | 4.76 | Medium | review | 2026-08-22 |
| v3.6 | 5.05 | Medium | review | 2026-06-16 |
Bookkeeping
Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-06-16 07:37
Listing SHA
b301b89e17b2…
Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
22.5s