SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
New Tab
Chrome extension·by 404-PF
72
/ 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
New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
17%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,022 extensions
In Productivity
22%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,455 productivity extensions
Findings
199
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 199 distinct issues across 6 severities
199
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High53%
Needs Review00%
Medium19095%
Low42%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 permissions declared
No risky permissions
4 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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