SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
New Tab
Chrome extension·by NewTabThemes
85
/ 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
53%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,594 extensions
In Lifestyle
55%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 47,454 lifestyle extensions
Findings
10
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
23
median 25vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 11 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High220%
Needs Review00%
Medium770%
Low110%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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