Startpage Privacy Protection
The Startpage Privacy Protection extension provides private search and online data protection.
Startpage Privacy Protection: Secure Your Online Privacy
Startpage Privacy Protection is an Edge add-on designed for ensuring privacy across the internet. It automatically blocks trackers and cookies from websites you visit, providing private search options, blocking social media tracking and preventing browser fingerprinting. With Startpage Privacy Protection, your online activities are private and not saved, sold, or used for profiling.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
Permissions:
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- https://www.startpage.com/*
- tabs
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- webNavigation
- storage
- cookies
- privacy See more
Size: 4.29M
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
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Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
User reviews
Used to work great until recently. Now it refuses to block anything and won't return a privacy score.
None of the buttons, checkboxes, or anything else interactable on the extension work either.
by Mason, 2024-10-19
Useless. I not using vpn and still cannot use this pathetic "search system".
by Mêlis, 2023-05-09
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Startpage Privacy Protection 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
Startpage Privacy Protection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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