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Tab Guardian

Chrome extension
81
/ 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

Tab Guardian's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
42%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,225 extensions
In Productivity
53%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,248 productivity extensions
Findings
27
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 27 distinct issues across 6 severities
27
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

3 risky permissions of 9 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Delete browsing data

Can remove browsing history, cookies, cache, and other browsing data

High
Execute scripts in pages(optional)

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Memory info

Can query system memory information

Low
Access favicons

Can retrieve website favicon images

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 5, 2026
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