Privacy Redirect

Name: Privacy Redirect
Rating: 4.578 (109 reviews)
Author: Simon Brazell

By: Simon Brazell

Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and more to privacy friendly alternatives.

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Features & Capabilities

Privacy Redirect is a powerful Chrome extension that automatically redirects requests from popular social media and map services such as Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Google Maps to privacy-focused alternative front-ends. Utilizing projects like Nitter for Twitter, Invidious for YouTube, Bibliogram for Instagram, and OpenStreetMap for maps, it enhances user privacy by preventing tracking on the original platforms.

The extension allows users to customize instance settings, toggle redirects on or off, and ensures seamless browsing without compromising privacy. With open-source code available on GitHub, Privacy Redirect promotes transparency and community collaboration. Recent updates include Wikiless support, translation fixes, and new redirect instances, further improving its functionality and international usability.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

1.1.49 Last updated: 2021-07-25

Version code:

5270703

Creation date:

2019-09-20

Risk:

Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

twitter.com
www.twitter.com
mobile.twitter.com
pbs.twimg.com
video.twimg.com
invidious.snopyta.org
invidious.xyz
invidious.kavin.rocks
tube.connect.cafe
invidious.zapashcanon.fr

Size:

63.62KB

Email:

si*****@brazell.com.au

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,780 ▼ 13

Other rankings

#7 in privacy keyword 53

#7 in redirect keyword 54

#12 in data privacy keyword 38

#16 in direct link keyword 12

#95 in appreciate keyword 37 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Privacy Redirect (v1.1.49)

5,000 4.00

(39)

Privacy Redirect (v1.1.49)

942 3.50

(2)

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Developed by:

Simon Brazell

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Email:

si*****@brazell.com.au

Website:

https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

User Reviews

Users praise Privacy Redirect for easy, flexible redirect management (custom instances and multiple services). Common complaints: the add-on is unmaintained (fork exists), many redirects or instances are broken, some redirects send users to unwanted/insecure domains, and YouTube redirects can be overbroad or ignore autoplay settings.

Pros

Makes it easy to manage redirects for services like YouTube, Twitter and Reddit.
Flexible/customizable: you can enter any URL or front-end instance (e.g., Invidious or other piped instances).
Well liked by users — simple and effective privacy-focused redirecting (many call it a great or favorite extension).

Cons

Extension is no longer maintained/discontinued (users point to a maintained fork, LibRedirect).
Many redirects or listed instances are broken/offline, so some redirects don’t work reliably.
Some instances or redirects behave badly — users reported unwanted or insecure redirects to other domains.
YouTube redirects can be problematic: overly broad (affecting all YouTube pages/home) and may ignore browser autoplay settings, causing videos to play on load.

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Is Privacy Redirect Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Privacy Redirect requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Privacy Redirect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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