# Permission to Hack

> This extension crawls the security.txt of each website you visit. The icon shows if you are allowed to hack the site. Click it to show the regarding policies.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/permission-to-hack](https://chrome-stats.com/d/permission-to-hack)

## Overview

- **ID:** `permission-to-hack`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Martin Renze
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 17
- **Rating:** 3.67 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-11
- **First published:** 2019-08-10
- **Size:** 29 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/permission-to-hack/)
- **Website:** [https://www.martin-renze.de](https://www.martin-renze.de/)

## Description

"Permission to Hack" is a Firefox add-on that searches for security.txt on websites and indicates if you are allowed to hack them. Click the icon to view related policies.

## Rankings

- #26,113 — Overall
- #7 — permission
- #7 — permissions
- #17 — hack
- #33 — mission
- #124 — policy

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/permission-to-hack)