# Fox Web Security

> Protection from adult content (parental control) and from dangerous sites.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fox-web-security`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Oleksandr
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 276
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 2.40 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.5
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-24
- **First published:** 2021-11-16
- **Size:** 148 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fox-web-security/)
- **Website:** [https://www.s3blog.org/fox-web-security.html](https://www.s3blog.org/fox-web-security.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fox-web-security/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fox-web-security/privacy/)

## Description

Fox Web Security is a small and efficient Firefox add-on that automatically blocks known dangerous websites and filters out unwanted content. It protects against adult content and provides high-level web threat protection for a safer browsing experience.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## 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 is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fox-web-security)