SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Mist — Minimal New Tab
Chrome extension·by Aurélien LUXEY
85
/ 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
Mist — Minimal New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
43%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 421,529 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
38%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,741 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
10
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
10000
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical110%
High110%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low880%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 22, 2026
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