SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
JW What is New?
Chrome extension·by nongeekboy
83
/ 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
JW What is New?'s safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
50%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,874 extensions
In Lifestyle
47%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 49,071 lifestyle extensions
Findings
23
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
669
median 25vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 23 distinct issues across 6 severities
23
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium2087%
Low313%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 13, 2026
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