SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
New Tab
Chrome extension·by Siddhartha Sarkar
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
46%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Productivity
58%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,471 productivity extensions
Findings
10
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 12 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical110%
High110%
Needs Review00%
Medium770%
Low110%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View most visited sites
Can see your most frequently visited websites
Medium
Access location
Can determine your physical location
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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