# Link Lantern

> Warns you about recently created domains.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-lantern`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Makani Mason
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-21
- **First published:** 2025-07-24
- **Size:** 659 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-lantern/)
- **Website:** [https://forum.makanimason.com/t/link-lantern-support/258](https://forum.makanimason.com/t/link-lantern-support/258)

## Description

Link Lantern automatically checks the age of every domain you visit and gives it an appropriate color: red less than 1 year old, yellow less than 3 years, or green if it's older.  The purpose is to warn you against phishing and malware sites which almost always use newly created domains.

## Rankings

- #93,918 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webNavigation`

### Host permissions

- `https://api.linklantern.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/link-lantern)