# low—radical

> Low—radical is an open source browser extension that shuts down GAFAM.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/low-radical](https://chrome-stats.com/d/low-radical)

## Overview

- **ID:** `low-radical`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** lowweb.tech
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-18
- **First published:** 2020-01-03
- **Size:** 60 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/low-radical/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/lowwebtech/low-radical](https://github.com/lowwebtech/low-radical)

## Description

low—radical is an open source Firefox add-on that blocks all websites owned by GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft). It aims to provide a privacy-focused browsing experience by automatically blocking access to popular GAFAM websites and services such as Google search, YouTube, Amazon shopping, Facebook, Instagram, Apple services, and Microsoft services.

## Rankings

- #51,514 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webNavigation`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 support email may not be valid

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