Is Magnifying Glass (Hover Zoom) safe?

Medium risk

Magnifying Glass (Hover Zoom) places a captured screenshot of the visible tab into the current page DOM.

When you click the toolbar button or use Alt+Shift+Z, the extension captures the visible tab as a JPEG image. It sends that image to its content script and inserts it into the page as an element that page scripts can read while the magnifier is active.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Glinv0.1.8Firefox Add-ons
40Risk
Who publishes it

Glin - no other listings under this identity

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.1.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

Updated 30 September 2026amo-925804