Privacy Tweaks

Improve your online privacy with few tweaks via toolbar popup!
What is Privacy Tweaks?
Privacy Tweaks is a versatile Chrome extension designed to enhance user privacy while browsing. It uses ten robust privacy-improving measures - including ad blocking, fingerprint protection, IP leakage prevention, browser timezone and geolocation changing, and custom proxy setting. Each tweak is user controllable, promoting optimised customisation according to individual needs. Developed in collaboration with Yubi, it assures excellent performance across various browser versions.

Extension stats

By: loora
Rating: 3.73 (11)
Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2024-02-19)
Creation date: 2018-10-17
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • proxy
  • storage
  • privacy
  • notifications
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 2.88M

Other platforms

Privacy Tweaks (v0.1.3)
4.25 (4) 76
Privacy Tweaks (v0.1.6)
5.00 (1) 518
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Extension summary

Privacy Tweaks is an extension that helps you improve your privacy while browsing by using ten different techniques.

Simply open toolbar popup UI and mark a desired tweak. Please note that, only few tweaks are selected by default. Also, please keep in mind that, depending on your browser version and platform, this add-on might behave differently. There are few settings (related to timezone, geolocation and proxy) available in toolbar popup to adjust.

Currently there are 10 tweaks available for this add-on:

  1. Block most common ads.
  2. Block canvas fingerprint.
  3. Block font fingerprint.
  4. Block webgl fingerprint.
  5. Block audiocontext fingerprint.
  6. Block webrtc IP leakage.
  7. Change browser timezone.
  8. Change browser geolocation.
  9. Set custom socks5 proxy.
  10. Block most common trackers.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as expected and effectively blocks trackers
  • Positive user satisfaction ratings
  • Good performance noted by various users
Cons
  • Takes control of proxy settings, causing issues with VPN extensions
  • Whitelist feature is broken, rendering the extension less useful
Most mentioned
  • Positive feedback on effectiveness
  • Issues with proxy control
  • Problems with whitelist functionality
Recent reviews
Отлично!

Good, but takes over control of proxy function, making it impossible to use with vpn extensions. Should had an option to disable proxy control.
by BD AV, 2023-08-08

https://browserleaks.com/canvas でテストしたけど、インストール前と Signature に変化はありません。
by 志乃睦月, 2023-04-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Privacy Tweaks requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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