Firefox add-on permission stats
Firefox add-ons are powerful because they have additional permissions to perform
operations that a regular website cannot. However, some permission requests may look suspicious.
Watch out for extensions that requires permissions that are irrelevant to the core purpose of the
extension - e.g., while an ad-blocker will likely need access to all websites, a simple new tab
extension should not (unless it has a very good explanation on what it is using that permission
for!)
Break down by permissions
Number of add-ons requesting the given permission
No special permissions required |
492,194 |
Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages |
17,854 |
Uses Native Client module |
17,854 |
Your tabs and browsing activity |
12,726 |
All your data on the websites you visit |
4,796 |
Display notifications |
2,913 |
Your browsing history |
1,929 |
Your clipboard |
1,623 |
Manage your downloads |
1,214 |
Override your new tab page |
1,040 |
Communicate with cooperating native applications |
693 |
Read and change your bookmarks |
615 |
Override your search engine provider |
614 |
Manage your apps, extensions, and themes |
474 |
Add omnibox keyword to URL bar |
396 |
Change your privacy-related settings |
222 |
Add features to Chrome Developer Tools |
222 |
Override your home page |
202 |
All your data on specific websites |
136 |
Read a list of your most frequently visited websites |
120 |
Your physical location |
99 |
Capture content of screen, individual windows or tabs |
46 |
Change your settings that control websites' access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, camera etc. |
22 |
Your data on the websites you visit + debugger backend |
21 |
Override your start up pages |
9 |
Block page content |
8 |
Read the icons of the websites you visit |
3 |
Identify and eject storage devices |
2 |
Read all text spoken using synthesized speech |
2 |
Override your history page |
1 |