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Re-newtab

Chrome extension·by Jackie(Guokai) Han
57
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Re-newtab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
3%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,355 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
133
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
13
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
3000
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 133 distinct issues across 6 severities
133
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 181 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

5 risky permissions of 13 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 13 permissions in total. 5 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions

Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions

High
View most visited sites

Can see your most frequently visited websites

High
Access browsing history

Can read and modify your complete browsing history

High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Access session data

Can query and restore recently closed tabs and windows

Medium
Open downloaded files

Can open files that have been downloaded

Medium
Access bookmarks

Can read and modify your saved bookmarks

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 user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Low
Access favicons

Can retrieve website favicon images

Low
Trigger searches

Can trigger searches using the default search engine

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