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Tab With a View

Edge extension·by with a view
73
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Tab With a View's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
11%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 421,529 extensions
In Productivity
23%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,225 productivity extensions
Findings
215
median 22Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3595
median 96vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 215 distinct issues across 6 severities
215
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 223 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 9 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View most visited sites

Can see your most frequently visited websites

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Access location

Can determine your physical location

Medium
Access bookmarks

Can read and modify your saved bookmarks

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

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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