Hide My History - A Private History Engine

Keep your searches private by redirecting searches that may be tracked to Hide My History, a privacy-focused search engine.

Hide My History- A Privacy-Enhanced Search Engine Add-On

Hide My History - A Private History Engine is an Edge add-on that secures your search privacy by intercepting, locally encrypting, and redirecting search requests to our privacy-enhanced search engine. Your browsing history expires after 30 minutes of inactivity, we do not track your searches in a user-identifiable way or retain server logs, giving you optimum security.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
Users: 1,621
5
Rating: 5.00
(1)
Version: 1.3.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-03-04)
Creation date: 2020-03-04
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • contextMenus
  • management
  • See more
Size: 157.79K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Hide My History - A Private History Engine (v2.0.1.1)
200,000 3.50 (4)
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Hide My History - A Private History Engine requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hide My History - A Private History Engine. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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