Is BlankNewTab safe?
BlankNewTab loads each new tab inside a remote iframe hosted on Amazon S3.
When you open a new tab, BlankNewTab displays its extension page with an embedded iframe from blanknewtab-elements.s3.amazonaws.com. That request can send ordinary web request details such as your IP address, request headers, and referrer to the remote host.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itNo other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
No other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed BlankNewTab contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- blanknewtab-elements.s3.amazonaws.com
BlankNewTab sends data to blanknewtab-elements.s3.amazonaws.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.