Privacy Settings

Alter the browser's built-in privacy settings in a toolbar popup

Privacy Settings - Comprehensive Privacy Control Edge Add-on

Privacy Settings is an Edge add-on that provides users with extensive control over their browser's built-in privacy and security settings. It centralizes these settings in one place, allowing users to manually modify individual settings or select from pre-configured modes for enhanced or full privacy. The extension covers network, service and website settings, preventing webRTC leakage to first party isolation and permitting alteration of cookie functions. It also features a default mode to reset all settings to factory defaults.

Add-on stats

By: Bermet
Users: 1,074
-37
Rating: 5.00
(2)
Version: 0.4.0 (Last updated: 2022-04-11)
Creation date: 2020-03-23
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • privacy
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 149.43K

Other platforms

Privacy Settings (v0.4.0)
4.55 (11) 2,000
Privacy Dashboard (v1.6)
4.35 (3,860) 392,721
Privacy Settings (v0.3.8resigned1)
4.36 (67) 1,714
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Add-on summary

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Privacy Settings extension keeps all the built-in privacy and security related settings in one place. Each setting has a description and you can alter it right from the extension's popup.

The extension offers the following modes:

  1. Manual: The user alters each setting
  2. Enhanced Privacy: Automatically change settings to protect the user's privacy while potential website brokage
  3. Full Privacy: Try to protect the user's privacy and security with maximum possible level.
  4. Default: Reset all the settings to the default values (factory reset)

This extension offers protection on the following categories:

  1. network
  2. services
  3. websites

It can protect the user from webRTC leakage to first party isolation. Also, it can alter how cookies work.

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User reviews

so far so good
by Emin, 2020-09-26

Great way to secure your browser with a few clicks.
by Ben, 2020-06-25
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Privacy Settings requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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