# Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy

> Prevent Firefox from sending Origin headers when they are least likely to be necessary, to protect your privacy.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-oriented-origin-policy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-oriented-origin-policy)

## Overview

- **ID:** `privacy-oriented-origin-policy`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** claustromaniac
- **Category:** privacy-security,other
- **Daily users:** 142
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.86 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-11-29
- **Size:** 59 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-oriented-origin-policy/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/claustromaniac/poop/issues](https://github.com/claustromaniac/poop/issues)

## Description

The Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy is a Firefox extension designed to bolster user privacy by stopping the browser from sending Origin headers when they are unlikely to be necessary. This proactive measure helps reduce the amount of data your browser shares, keeping your browsing more confidential. 

For more details, visit the [official homepage](https://claustromaniac.github.io/poop/). The extension is free from trackers, ads, miners, or analytics, ensuring a clean and privacy-focused experience.

## Rankings

- #9,786 — Overall
- #8 — policy
- #35 — privacy
- #44 — data privacy
- #192 — poll
- #211 — prevent

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

## 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/privacy-oriented-origin-policy)