Is Renewed Tab - New Tab safe?

Clean risk

Renewed Tab sends configured weather coordinates to api.renewedtab.com when the new tab page loads.

Renewed Tab replaces the browser's new tab page and includes a weather widget. When that widget loads, it requests weather data from the Renewed Tab API using the configured latitude and longitude rounded to two decimals.

rubenwardyv1.20.2Firefox Add-ons
0Risk
Who publishes it

rubenwardy - 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.

Publisher
rubenwardy

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.

theregister.com
Also called by 5 other listings, including Google (web only), BrainTool - Go Beyond Bookmarks

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

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.20.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run searches with your default search engine

    search

  • Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser

    unlimitedStorage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Renewed Tab - New Tab 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.

  • api.renewedtab.com

    Renewed Tab - New Tab sends data to api.renewedtab.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026amo-2695397