# Privacy Mode Overlay

> Adds a visual privacy overlay to web pages to protect sensitive content from shoulder surfing and unwanted visibility.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-mode-overlay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-mode-overlay)

## Overview

- **ID:** `privacy-mode-overlay`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Raymond Burton
- **Category:** other
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-03
- **First published:** 2025-12-31
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-mode-overlay/)

## Description

Adds a visual privacy overlay to web pages to protect sensitive content from shoulder surfing and unwanted visibility.

## Rankings

- #130,437 — Overall
- #128 — overlay

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/privacy-mode-overlay)