Ugly Email

Get Back Your Email Privacy, Block Email Tracking.
What is Ugly Email?
"Ugly Email" is an open-source Firefox add-on that aims to enhance your email privacy by scanning your inbox for emails with tracking pixels. Emails that are being tracked are highlighted with an eyeball icon, and the tracking pixel will be blocked to prevent further tracking. The add-on ensures user privacy as all data is stored locally on your browser's IndexDB storage, without further tracking, data transfer, or storage on any external servers.

Add-on stats

By: Sonny T.
Users: 2,886 ▲ 5
Rating: 2.71 (17)
Version: 4.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-03-06)
Creation date: 2018-05-09
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • https://mail.google.com/*
  • *://*.googleusercontent.com/proxy/*
Size: 357.19K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Ugly Email (v4.1.2)
3.66 (350) 80,000
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Add-on summary

The #1 downloaded Gmail extension for blocking read receipts and other email tracking pixels.

Ugly Email is an open-source Gmail extension for identifying and blocking email trackers.

Ugly Email scans through your inbox and looks for emails containing tracking pixels. Tracked emails are labeled with an eyeball icon, and the tracking pixel is blocked.

All of the Ugly Email data is stored on your browser's IndexDB storage locally. We do not track, transfer, or store any of your information.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Blocks/flags tracking pixels in Gmail
  • Featured in a news article
  • Has a clean, curated universe and a dynamic, overlapping network of integrated platforms and services
Cons
  • Doesn't work as great on Firefox compared to Chrome
  • Most antivirus detecting the extension as malware and spyware
  • Asks for access to all websites, not just Gmail
  • Only useful for Gmail users
  • Addon is spying on user activity
Most mentioned
  • Wanting unnecessary permissions
  • Addon works as a propName tool
  • Issues with malware and spyware detection
Recent reviews
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Ugly Email requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ugly Email is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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