Shield My Searches

Add the Shield My Searches extension for Chrome™ to get a custom private browsing experience from your browser search bar.
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Shield My Searches is a Chrome™ extension designed to provide a custom private browsing experience right from your browser search bar. By resetting your browser search bar and redirecting web searches, it filters your search results to protect your privacy and prevent tracking.

With permissions to read and modify data on google.com and shieldmysearches.com, the extension seamlessly configures your search settings to offer a safer, alternate web search environment. Users can easily install or uninstall the extension as desired, ensuring flexibility alongside enhanced security. For more information, users are encouraged to review the provided Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
By:
https://shieldmysearches.com
Users:
7,000+
Version:
1.0.0.10 Last updated: 2021-01-25
Creation date:
2021-01-25
Risk:
High risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • *://shieldmysearches.com/*
  • contextMenus
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • *://*.google.com/*
Size:
37.29K
Email:
co*****@shieldmysearches.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Chrome Web Store
Updated:
17 hours ago

Ranking

# 12,266 ▼ 55

Extension safety

Risk impact

Shield My Searches requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

Shield My Searches is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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