Is Backs - Beautiful New Tab Dashboard safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change your data on a number of websites
• Detect your physical location
• Display notifications
• Read the icons of the websites you visit

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 9 match patterns.

• https://firestore.googleapis.com/* only firestore.googleapis.com
• https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/* only firebasestorage.googleapis.com
• https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/* only identitytoolkit.googleapis.com
• https://securetoken.googleapis.com/* only securetoken.googleapis.com
• https://www.googleapis.com/* only www.googleapis.com
• https://*.run.app/* run.app and all its subdomains
• https://europe-west1-backs-459517.cloudfunctions.net/* only europe-west1-backs-459517.cloudfunctions.net
• https://t1.gstatic.com/* only t1.gstatic.com
• https://icons.duckduckgo.com/* only icons.duckduckgo.com

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read your location geolocation

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Read site icons favicon
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

• Read what you have copied clipboardRead
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Tell whether you are away from the computer idle

• http://*/* every site
• https://*/* every site

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 1 site pattern.

• https://backs-extension.com/* only backs-extension.com

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 9 browser permissions.

• Read your location (geolocation): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

23 users

• Last updated in the store 34 days ago, on 2026-10-07.
• We have seen 2 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

The listing says it offers in-app purchases.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-10-07Asked for fewer permissions (18, was 19)
2. 2026-09-17Asked for more permissions (19, was 14)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-07Version 1.0.1 · Asked for fewer permissions (18, was 19)
2. 2026-09-17Version 1.0.0 · Asked for more permissions (19, was 14)

Who publishes it

backs.extension. This listing has been in the store since 2025-08-14 and was last updated on 2026-10-07.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. Torii — New Tab No site access · 3 permissions 10 users
2. Dashtab - Premium Calm Dashboard No site access · 4 permissions 3 users (last published figure)
3. Tabulo - Modular New Tab & Start Page No site access · 6 permissions 9 users

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Backs - Beautiful New Tab Dashboard access?

Specific sites only: 9 match patterns. It declares 9 browser permissions.

What data does Backs - Beautiful New Tab Dashboard collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Personal communications, Location, Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Backs - Beautiful New Tab Dashboard asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 2 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-10-07.

Does Backs - Beautiful New Tab Dashboard publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.