Safe Browsing

Safe Browsing

With Safe Browsing Add-on you can stop search engines from tracking your searches and following you around the Internet. Terms of use https://www.myprivatesearch.com/terms?yid=saff Privacy Policy https://www.myprivatesearch.com/policy?yid=saff

What is Safe Browsing?
The 'Safe Browsing' add-on is an effective tool for Firefox users looking to control their internet privacy. It redirects non-private and potentially harmful searches to 'MyPrivateSearch's' secure search results. This add-on limits tracking activities from search engines like Google and Bing, ensuring your browsing stays private at all times.
Merlin
Stats
Rating: 4.00 (8)
Version: 1.0.25 (Last updated: 2019-11-25)
Creation date: 2018-10-10
Weekly download count: 10
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • storage
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • *://*.myprivatesearch.com/
Size: 114.76K
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Merlin
Summary

Add the extension to Firefox to search safely and privately all the time using MyPrivateSearch.

The Safe Browsing extension detects and redirects non-private and non-safe searches to MyPrivateSearch's privacy-enhanced search results. Protects you from tracking by Google, Bing and other search engines.

User reviews

by Wendy T Tamg, 2020-02-22

This is malware. It forces pop-ups and re-directs to a known malware search engine. I did not install this extension yet it appeared and menaced my OS!
by Rojo, 2019-12-10
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Safety
Risk impact

Safe Browsing 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 Safe Browsing if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Safe Browsing has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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