Blues Security Assistant

Name: Blues Security Assistant
Rating: 1 (2 reviews)
Author: BLUES Research Lab

By: BLUES Research Lab

An extension that provides personalized security advice.

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Features & Capabilities

This extension is part of a study conducted in the EECS department at UC Berkeley to research people's behavior on the web. Anyone is welcome to install the extension and participate in the study! The extension provides you personalized security advice on popular websites as you navigate around the web.

By installing this extension, you acknowledge that certain information will be collected for analysis as part of the study. For more information about the data collected by this extension, please see the extension's privacy policy: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blues-security-assistant/privacy.

For more information about the study, please visit: https://surveys.icsi.berkeley.edu/security_assistant.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

BLUES Research Lab

Daily users:

Rating:

1.00

(2)

Version:

0.5.0 Last updated: 2020-09-29

Version code:

5106758

Creation date:

2020-03-04

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
tabs
storage
webRequest
https://*/*
http://*/*

Content scripts matches:

Size:

13.05MB

Email:

re*****@icsi.berkeley.edu

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

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# 132,416 ▲ 2,249

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Developed by:

BLUES Research Lab

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blues-security-assistant/

Email:

re*****@icsi.berkeley.edu

Website:

https://surveys.icsi.berkeley.edu/security_assistant/

User Reviews

by Fi*****, 2020-08-31

the title leads one to believe that this add-on will somehow benefit the user with regard to security but the description of the study is vague as to the real purposes data is being collected - it also states: "This study has no direct benefits."

by 12*****, 2020-08-25

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Is Blues Security Assistant Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Blues Security Assistant 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

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Blues Security Assistant may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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