# Decentraleyes simpler

> Eliminates many calls to common CDNs, by greatly increasing the time objects from the CDNs will remain in the browser cache.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `decentraleyes-simpler`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bill Dietrich
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 48
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-22
- **First published:** 2019-08-08
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/decentraleyes-simpler/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/BillDietrich/DecentraleyesSimpler](https://github.com/BillDietrich/DecentraleyesSimpler)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/decentraleyes-simpler/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/decentraleyes-simpler/privacy/)

## Description

Decentraleyes simpler is a Firefox add-on that increases the cache expiration time for objects from common CDNs. Its purpose is to reduce the chance of tracking by blocking these CDNs.

## Rankings

- #16,372 — Overall
- #28 — increase
- #138 — cache
- #236 — reduce

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `browserSettings`
- `browsingData`
- `downloads`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/decentraleyes-simpler)