SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Polytab - New Tab Custom Dashboard
Chrome extension·by Apptivated
0
/ 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
Polytab - New Tab Custom Dashboard's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
18%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
24%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
45
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 45 distinct issues across 6 severities
45
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 69 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical12%
High37%
Needs Review00%
Medium2964%
Low1227%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 9 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View most visited sites
Can see your most frequently visited websites
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Block requests with host access
Can block or redirect network requests and requires host permissions
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
CPU info
Can query CPU information
Low
Memory info
Can query system memory information
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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