Serum

Name: Serum
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: https://factserum.co

A fact checking plugin for websites.

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Serum is a web-plugin. It allows users to verify the veracity of the websites.

Its success is based on the peer review principle. Using the plugin, you can rate websites and our algorithm is in charge to compute the veracity of the pages. Serum is a brilliant way for its users to report « fake news » by using the power of the community.

No need to be an expert to use Serum. You can simply check the reliability of your website without rating anything. It keeps you away from « informational pollution » such as fake news.

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Version:

2.1.7 Last updated: 2017-03-02

Creation date:

2017-03-02

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
https://ajax.googleapis.com/
https://serum-dev.herokuapp.com/
https://serumdev.herokuapp.com/*
http://*.facebook.com/*
https://*.facebook.com/*
identity

Size:

79.74KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-15

Ranking

# 103,234 ▼ 1,025

Other rankings

#542 in News & Weather ▼ 7

Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Serum requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Serum may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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