Privacy Tweaks

Improve your online privacy with few tweaks via toolbar popup!

Privacy Tweaks - Improve Online Privacy| Edge Add-on

'Privacy Tweaks' is an innovative Edge add-on aiming to improve your online privacy by using ten different techniques. These techniques work to block ads, canvas, font, webgl, and audiocontext fingerprints, alongside preventing webrtc IP leakage. This add-on also allows users to change their browser timezone and geolocation. Additionally, users can set up a custom socks5 proxy and block most common online trackers, providing them with enhanced online privacy over their browsing experience.

Add-on stats

Users: 512
-5
Rating: 5.00
(1)
Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2024-02-17)
Creation date: 2020-09-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • proxy
  • storage
  • privacy
  • notifications
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 2.09M

Other platforms

Privacy Tweaks (v0.1.6)
3.73 (11) 6,000
Privacy Dashboard (v1.6)
4.35 (3,862) 393,052
Privacy Tweaks (v0.1.3)
4.25 (4) 59
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Add-on summary

Privacy Tweaks is an addon that helps you improve your privacy while browsing by using ten 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 add-on 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 add-on:

  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

I find that this tweak works awesome for that i use it for I have no problems
by Nailz, 2021-05-12
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

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

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