Firefox Relay

Firefox Relay makes it easy to create email masks that forward to your true inbox.

Firefox Relay: Protect Your Email & Enhance Online Privacy

Firefox Relay is a Chrome extension designed to protect your email address and online identity. This tool generates unique, random aliases for online account sign-ups, app registrations, or newsletters and forwards the messages to your actual address. It enables you to safeguard against unwanted emails by blocking or deleting aliases linked to spam. It collects basic personal details, payment info (if you opt for Relay Premium) and location data. Additionally, its capability to access web history across visited sites enables a wider protection scope. User activities are monitored to optimize performance.
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Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 3.87
(39)
Version: 2.8.1 (Last updated: 2023-12-07)
Version code: 2.8.1
Creation date: 2022-03-10
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 1.27M

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Firefox Relay (v2.8.1)
4.16 (2,028) 233,502+
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Extension summary

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Firefox Relay helps you protect your real email address — the one most closely tied to your online identity. It lets you generate unique, random aliases you can use to sign up for accounts, apps, or newsletters, and forwards messages to your real address. If you find that an account is sending unwanted email or spam, you can block the alias and it will stop sending email to your inbox. Once you no longer want an account, you can delete the alias.


At Firefox Relay, we take your privacy seriously. Here's an overview of the permissions we request and the data we collect, along with our promise to safeguard your information:

  • Basic Personal Details: Firefox Relay may collect basic personal details, like your email, during the signup process. This information helps us tailor our services to your preferences and provide you with a more personalized browsing journey.

  • Financial and Payment Information: In some cases, we may request your credit card or debit card information when you choose to purchase Relay Premium to process a payment. Rest assured, we don't collect transaction records or payment history, and we never save your credit card or debit card data.

  • Location: Firefox Relay may gather location-related data, like your region. This information enables us to provide you with relevant services and features based on your geographic context.

  • Web History: Our add-on requests access to content from any website you visit. This helps us provide you with our service across the web, ensuring your online activities are safeguarded.

  • User Activity: Firefox Relay may monitor user activity. This information allows us to identify trends, optimize performance, and ensure a seamless user experience.

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 effectively for creating disposable email addresses
  • Provides spam protection by allowing users to create unique aliases for registration on websites
  • Easy to use interface for managing email aliases
  • Offers a free plan with limited aliases and a premium option for unlimited use
Cons
  • It requires a login to the Relay account which can be inconvenient for users who prefer not to stay signed in
  • Some users report technical issues such as broken icons and functionality not working as expected
  • Concerns over privacy and data sharing practices
Most mentioned
  • The extension is useful for managing disposable email addresses
  • Users are concerned about the requirement to stay logged in to the Relay account
  • There are frequent mentions of technical issues with the functionality of the extension
User reviews
Хорошее расширение. Жаль что конченая политика Google cкоро может прекратить поддержку этого расширения, так как оно ложило болт на эту самую политику и работает для людей, а не на корпорацию зла.
by Oldman, 2025-01-25

Ça ne fonctionne pas

Does it work, yes. It also sends (and does admit to for the minority that read it) all your web browsing traffic to the mail provider. This is a blatant attempt to prey on the uninitiated. Either of these alone should be reason enough not to trust or use this extension. The fact it's likely to be removed for not complying with Google's Extension requirements, is strike-3 in the blatantly obvious reasons not to use this Extension (If you read & understood these terms, concern should be clear. If you're ok sharing browsing information? Ensure trafffic & browser calls are monitored closely to ensure their honesty. If ok with a third party? (and sold again to companies who aggregate user data from numerous sources). If you answered yes. Save yourself the risk, perform due diligence research, and purchase a dedicated service if this feature is so important to you. More than one alternative option exists, and i urge equirers down these routes, but some persist. There's only one product i would ever recommend to friends, family & customers (or ever use myself). Despite not it, i purchased a lifetime subscription in order to provide my support to self-funded OSS, run by an NFP organisation, with a strict NGO stance, and a strong mission statement solely to protect, educate and empower internet users. I just hope their message is heard and the importance of individuals' privacy to the upcoming generations before its meaning is lost forever. Just because it's the internet, it does not mean that it has no need or right to privacy.
by parad0x, 2024-12-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Firefox Relay requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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