Merlin
Privacy Tweaks

Privacy Tweaks

Improve your privacy and browse safer with seven tweaks.

What is Privacy Tweaks?
Privacy Tweaks is a lite Firefox add-on that helps you improve your privacy while browsing by using seven different techniques. It blocks ads, fingerprints, trackers, and more, allowing you to browse safer.
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By: Benthum
Users: 116 ▼ -6
Rating: 4.25 (4)
Version: 0.1.3 (Last updated: 2020-09-13)
Creation date: 2018-10-14
Weekly download count: 70
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • proxy
  • storage
  • privacy
  • *://*/*
  • webRequest
  • browsingData
  • notifications
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 1.74M
URLs: Website
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Privacy Tweaks is a lite addon that help you improve your privacy while browsing by using seven different techniques.

Simply open toolbar popup UI and mark a desired tweak. Please note that, only few tweaks are selected by default. Also, please keep in mind that, depending on your browser version and platform, this addon might behave differently. There are few settings (related to timezone, geolocation and proxy) available in toolbar popup to adjust.

Currently there are 10 tweaks available for this addon:

  1. Block most common ads.
  2. Block canvas fingerprint.
  3. Block font fingerprint.
  4. Block webgl fingerprint.
  5. Block audiocontext fingerprint.
  6. Block webrtc ip leakage.
  7. Change browser timezone.
  8. Change browser geolocation.
  9. Set custom socks5 proxy.
  10. Block most common trackers.
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User reviews
Fails "Canvas", "WebGL" tests on the "webbrowsertools". Font, Audiofingerprint protection works.
by Al22, 2022-02-19
by Mark, 2020-03-13
by SvetoslavB, 2019-11-13
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Safety
Risk impact

Privacy Tweaks is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Privacy Tweaks if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Privacy Tweaks has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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