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Awesome New Tab

Chrome extension·by Awesome Extensions
71
/ 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

Awesome New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
15%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
13%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,653 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
18
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
4000
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 21 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

6 permissions declared
No risky permissions
6 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Trigger searches

Can trigger searches using the default search engine

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 19, 2026
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