Private Mode

Private Mode

Enables easy access to private search engines directly from the autocomplete of your address bar.

What is Private Mode?
"Private Mode" is a Chrome extension that promotes online privacy by offering users quick access links to private search engines via their browser's address bar. It supports DuckDuckGo, Startpage, MetaGer, and Qwant. Users can customize their settings from within the extension. The extension also modifies the user's default search engine to privatemodesearch.net, driven by Yahoo, with support also for Google, Yahoo, and Bing.
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Stats
Users: 100,000+
Rating: 5.00 (2)
Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-16)
Creation date: 2022-09-16
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • cookies
Host permissions:
  • *://*.privatemodesearch.net/*
Size: 665.60K
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Summary

People are aware of the need for privacy while browsing online, but don’t always remember to protect it. Our extension reminds you of the importance of your browsing privacy by offering you a quick access link to the private search engine of your choice right from the address bar of your Chrome when you type privacy-related keywords or terms.

Inside this extension, we support DuckDuckGo (Default), Startpage, MetaGer, and Qwant. You can visit the Settings section from inside the extension and do further customization.

Permissions used and reasons:

  1. Access to “contextMenus”. We require this permission in order to add more items containing information about this extension to the menu.
  2. Access to “cookies”. We require this permission to modify your search engine.
  3. Change your default search engine. To provide the main functionality from within the autocomplete suggestions of this extension, we require this permission to change your default search engine to our domain privatemodesearch.net, powered by Yahoo. If you want to choose a different option, in this extension we support Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Terms: https://www.privatemode.net/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.privatemode.net/privacy/ Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.privatemode.net/#faq Contact Us: https://www.privatemode.net/contact Uninstall: https://www.privatemode.net/uninstall

Safety
Risk impact

Private Mode may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Private Mode has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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