New Tab Feed Reader Chrome extension security report

Turn every new tab into your personal news feed 📰 New Tab Feed Reader replaces the standard Chrome new tab page with a clean, fast, and privacy-first feed reader for RSS and Atom feeds. Follow your favorite websites, Reddit communities, YouTube feeds, and other supported sources in one place - with no account, no tracking, and no data sent to external servers. Instead of a blank tab, you get a smart, customizable front page filled with the latest stories from the sources you actually care about. Why people use it ✨ ✅ See all your favorite sources in one place ✅ Catch new stories the moment you open a tab ✅ Organize feeds into folders and views that fit you ✅ Save articles for later with one click ✅ Keep everything private and stored locally 📰 Read everything in one place • View articles from all your feeds in one clean chronological stream • Switch between a visual card grid and compact list view • Spot unread stories instantly with a clear New badge • Hide read articles in one click • Star articles to keep them in a dedicated Saved view • Search articles live by title • Enjoy smooth scrolling and loading, even with large feed collections 📚 Organize your feeds your way • Add any RSS or Atom feed URL • Follow feeds from websites, Reddit, and YouTube • Rename feeds inline • Group feeds into folders • Filter by folder or drill down into a single feed view 🚀 Get started in seconds Choose from 6 ready-made starter packs: 1️⃣ Tech & Startups 2️⃣ Gaming 3️⃣ World & Big Stories 4️⃣ Entertainment & Pop Culture 5️⃣ Food & Travel 6️⃣ Lifestyle & Ideas 🎨 Make your new tab feel like yours • Light and dark mode • Grid or list layout • Small, medium, or large font size • Open links in the same tab or a new tab • Set your own auto-refresh interval from 15 minutes to 6 hours 🔎 Useful extras built in • Google search bar on every new tab • Quick-access row with your top sites • Privacy first 🔒 New Tab Feed Reader is built to stay local. ✅ All feeds, articles, settings, and reading state are stored on your device ✅ No sign-up ✅ No analytics ✅ No tracking ✅ No cloud account ✅ Requests are only made to the feed URLs you choose to add Your data stays with you. Permissions, explained simply 💾 Storage — saves your feeds, articles, settings, and reading state locally ⏰ Alarms — refreshes feeds automatically in the background 🌐 Top Sites — shows your most-visited sites on the new tab page 🧩 Scripting / Active Tab — helps keep the unread badge in sync 🔗 Host permissions — fetches feed data from the URLs you add No permission is used to collect, sell, or send personal data. Great for 👇 • Following blogs and news sites • Keeping up with Reddit communities • Tracking YouTube channel feeds • Building your own personal homepage in Chrome