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Project Insight
Project Insight, is a browser add-on that shows you what permissions your installed add-ons have and what domains they have permission to access. This allows you to evaluate which add-ons have the potential to invade your privacy.
What is Project Insight?
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Summary
How to Use: Click the Toolbar Icon or go into the Settings page to open, Project Insight.
Features:
- See what permissions are granted for each add-on.
- See what URLs the add-on can connect to and intercept.
- A user-friendly explanation of what each permission can do when you click on it.
Well designed add-ons should not request more permissions beyond what it absolutely needs to function. Poorly designed add-ons request many permissions that it doesn't use.
What should I look out for? Ideally, before installing an add-on you should review its list of permissions and if it looks suspicious, you should not install it, and opt for another add-on with fewer permissions.
If you already have many add-ons installed, you can use, Project Insight, to review your current add-ons and evaluate whether some add-ons are too permissible and if there are other add-ons on the Mozilla website that perform the same tasks with fewer permissions.
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Safety
Risk impact
Project Insight is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Project Insight has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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