# MouseVader

> A privacy tool that mislead trackers by creating noise in the collected user behavioral data via fake random mouse movement events in the background so it doesn't impact user experience

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `mousevader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fady Anwar
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 40
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-30
- **First published:** 2022-07-16
- **Size:** 78 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mousevader/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/fadyanwar/MouseVader](https://github.com/fadyanwar/MouseVader)

## Description

MouseVader is a privacy tool for Firefox that misleads trackers by generating fake random mouse movements, protecting your online privacy and making it difficult for tracking services to build a profile of you.

## Rankings

- #17,913 — Overall
- #36 — mouse
- #136 — house
- #238 — event

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/mousevader)