# Random User-Agent

> Automatically change the user agent after specified period of time to a randomly selected one, thus hiding your real user agent

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/addons\_dws](https://chrome-stats.com/d/addons_dws)

## Overview

- **ID:** `addons_dws`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** addons\_dws
- **Category:** other
- **Version:** 1.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2022-04-04
- **First published:** 2022-03-22
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/addons_dws/)

## Description

Random User-Agent is a Firefox add-on that automatically changes your user agent after a specified period of time. By hiding your real user agent and replacing it with a randomly selected one, this add-on helps enhance your online privacy and security.

## Rankings

- #147,106 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `contextMenus`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `identity`
- `idle`
- `menus`
- `storage`
- `theme`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `bookmarks`
- `browserSettings`
- `browsingData`
- `downloads`
- `downloads.open`
- `find`
- `geolocation`
- `history`
- `management`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `notifications`
- `pkcs11`
- `privacy`
- `sessions`
- `tabs`
- `topSites`
- `webNavigation`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/addons_dws)