# cracker2

> Crack through the subscription walls for some popular sites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/cracker2](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cracker2)

## Overview

- **ID:** `cracker2`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ptxptx
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-29
- **First published:** 2020-05-17
- **Size:** 36 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cracker2/)

## Description

cracker2 is a Firefox add-on that removes subscription walls and reveals content already downloaded to the page. It works for limited sites.

## Rankings

- #136,951 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://www.washingtonpost.com/*`
- `*://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/*`
- `*://cdn.optimizely.com/*`
- `*://cdn3.optimizely.com/*`
- `*://errors.client.optimizely.com/*`
- `*://nytimes.com/ads/*`
- `*://www.nytimes.com/ads/*`
- `*://www.googletagmanager.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.washingtonpost.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very 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/cracker2)