SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
New Tab
Chrome extension·by Fernando Granco
86
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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How it ranks
New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
55%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
51%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,648 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
12
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
15
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 12 distinct issues across 6 severities
12
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1192%
Low18%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Access bookmarks
Can read and modify your saved bookmarks
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
Low
Access favicons
Can retrieve website favicon images
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 21, 2026
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