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Lux — New Tab Dashboard & Widgets

Chrome extension·by hyun
72
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Lux — New Tab Dashboard & Widgets's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
17%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
15%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,640 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
50
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
29
median 18vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 50 distinct issues across 6 severities
50
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 64 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

3 risky permissions of 10 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history(optional)

Can read and modify your complete browsing history

High
View open tabs(optional)

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
View most visited sites(optional)

Can see your most frequently visited websites

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

Medium
Access bookmarks

Can read and modify your saved bookmarks

Medium
Access session data

Can query and restore recently closed tabs and windows

Low
Access favicons

Can retrieve website favicon images

Low
Trigger searches

Can trigger searches using the default search engine

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 15, 2026
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