# Blues Security Assistant

> An extension that provides personalized security advice.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/blues-security-assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/blues-security-assistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `blues-security-assistant`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BLUES Research Lab
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-29
- **First published:** 2020-03-04
- **Size:** 13 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blues-security-assistant/)
- **Website:** [https://surveys.icsi.berkeley.edu/security\_assistant/](https://surveys.icsi.berkeley.edu/security_assistant/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blues-security-assistant/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blues-security-assistant/privacy/)

## Description

Blues Security Assistant is a Firefox add-on that offers personalized security advice on popular websites as you navigate the web. It is part of a research study conducted by the EECS department at UC Berkeley, and by installing the extension, you agree to the collection of certain information for analysis. Learn more about the study and the privacy policy in the provided links.

## Rankings

- #131,173 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 website URL may be invalid

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