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Is The Washington Post safe?

This security report analyses whether The Washington Post is safe to install on your browser. We check The Washington Post for malicious behaviour, data exfiltration, suspicious permissions, and known vulnerabilities so you can decide if The Washington Post is safe for your personal or enterprise fleet.

Clean risk

Legitimate new tab override extension from The Washington Post that displays curated news stories. Uses minimal permissions and communicates only with washingtonpost.com for content delivery and Google Analytics for basic usage metrics.

0Risk

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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Updated 10 April 2026ilgaabojccagggalemipkfjbcdemjgee

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