# Bong - Because Bing is no more

> Redirect all Bing (and therefore Cortana) searches to a search engine of your choice!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/bong](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bong)

## Overview

- **ID:** `bong`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Schimini
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Version:** 4.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-06
- **First published:** 2021-11-29
- **Size:** 233 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bong/)

## Description

Bong - Because Bing is no more is a Firefox add-on that redirects all Bing (and therefore Cortana) searches to a search engine of your choice. It serves as a boycott for Microsoft's web team's products such as Internet Explorer and Bing.

## Rankings

- #143,054 — Overall
- #198 — bing
- #219 — cause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webNavigation`
- `storage`
- `background`
- `tabs`
- `*://*.bing.com/`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** 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/bong)