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HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets

Chrome extension·by HiTab
50
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 401,999 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
2%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,640 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
206
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
5000
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 206 distinct issues across 6 severities
206
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 281 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 8 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history(optional)

Can read and modify your complete browsing history

Medium
Access current tab

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

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Unlimited local storage

Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits

Medium
Access bookmarks

Can read and modify your saved bookmarks

Low
CPU info

Can query CPU information

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 4, 2026
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