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Acrylic - New Tab

Firefox extension·by Shreyash Gupta
79
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Acrylic - New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
35%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
45%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
11
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 11 distinct issues across 6 severities
11
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

3 risky permissions of 7 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 3 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
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

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