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Audits

Real Validors audits of real, public Chrome extensions - run through the same scraper and rubric every user gets, findings labeled by confidence rather than presented as certainty.

Auditing ChessSolve: narrow permissions done right, undercut by its own vocabulary84.2/100

ChessSolve is a small, early-stage listing (153 users, 8 ratings) that scores 84.2/100 - and gets there with the most tightly scoped permission list we've seen in this series, undercut only by keyword repetition in its own description.

ChessSolveLifestyle > Games
Auditing PayPal Honey: a 12M-user extension with one real permissions gap71.7/100

Honey has 12M+ users and a 4.6 rating. Validors' rubric flags one real, confirmed-policy issue - a broad host permission - but most of its visual and copy fundamentals are already solid.

PayPal Honey: Automated Coupons & RewardsLifestyle > Shopping
Auditing Grammarly: 36M users, 9 permissions, one unresolved trust flag71.7/100

Grammarly's listing scores 71.7/100 - the same broad-permissions pattern we found on Honey and Dark Reader shows up again, at 36M users.

Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker AppProductivity > Communication
Auditing Dark Reader: the cost of a name that's also your top keyword76.7/100

Dark Reader has run since 2014 with a 4.66 rating and 6M+ users. Its listing still trips two confirmed-policy checks, both defensible given what the extension actually does.

Dark ReaderMake Chrome Yours > Accessibility