Ghostery Private Search for Firefox

Name: Ghostery Private Search for Firefox
Rating: 4.0952 (21 reviews)
Author: Ghostery

By: Ghostery

Objective - Transparent - Ad-free

This add-on was removed from Firefox Add-ons Store on 2026-04-22

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Features & Capabilities

Ghostery Private Search for Firefox offers a truly private and transparent search experience. Unlike popular search engines, it does not record your search history or personal data, ensuring complete privacy. The extension delivers objective, unbiased results without ads, providing a clutter-free experience.

Unique to Ghostery is its integration with WhoTracks.Me, a feature that displays real-time tracker information beside each search result, giving users full transparency about potential tracking sources. The extension also supports privacy-respecting affiliate links that help maintain the service without compromising user privacy. Set Ghostery as your default search engine and enjoy safe, ad-free searching without tracking by Big Tech companies.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

2.0.1 Last updated: 2025-03-13

Version code:

5909539

Creation date:

2021-06-30

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs

Size:

31.87KB

Email:

su*****@ghostery.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-04-22

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Developed by:

Ghostery

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ghostery-private-search/

Email:

su*****@ghostery.com

Website:

https://www.ghostery.com/support/

Permission Change History

2025-03-13: Version 1.1.1 → 2.0.1

Add Permissions: tabs

Remove Permissions: search storage cookies webRequest webRequestBlocking https://www.ghostery.com/* https://consumerapi.ghostery.com/* https://ghosterysearch.com/*

User Reviews

Users appreciate Ghostery Private Search for its privacy-focused, minimalistic design and regional customization. However, multiple reviewers mention the lack of several important features, including safe search controls, opening results in new tabs, and advanced search filters like domain grouping. Additional search options such as images or Wikipedia integration are also desired, indicating room for feature enhancement while maintaining privacy standards.

Pros

Provides privacy-friendly search experience, helping users feel safe and confident while searching.
Has a minimalistic and clean interface, focusing on essential settings like region and theme.
Allows region selection to customize search results.

Cons

Lacks certain useful features such as safe search toggle (safe-search on/off).
Does not have the option to open search results in a new tab, which users desire.
Missing advanced features like filtering out chosen domains or grouping results by domain.
Needs more search options like image search or integration with informative sources such as Wikipedia.

Recent reviews

buen buscador ,pero deberian agregar en la parte de arriba la opcion de images y quizas informacion(que abra wikipedia, tambien me gustarian que hicieran un tema de fondo con el logo de el fantasma que ocupan para el el bloqueador de anuncio

by Fi*****, 2025-06-07

by Ug*****, 2025-05-19

by Fi*****, 2025-04-04

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Is Ghostery Private Search for Firefox Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Ghostery Private Search for Firefox requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Ghostery Private Search for Firefox may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.