privacy-shield-for-whatsappweb

Name: privacy-shield-for-whatsappweb
Author: Primordic

By: Primordic Add-on

Hide or blur chats, message previews, messages, avatars, and media on WhatsApp Web until you explicitly reveal them.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-07-27

Version:

1.0.0

Last updated: 2026-06-18

Features & Capabilities

WhatsApp Privacy Shield adds a privacy layer to WhatsApp Web.

It helps prevent shoulder-surfing by hiding or blurring sensitive content until the user
intentionally reveals it.

Features

Hide or blur WhatsApp Web content by default
Keep sidebar contact and group names visible while hiding the message preview
Blur message text instead of replacing it with black boxes
Blur media while preserving original colors, with a centered extension logo
Reveal individual items temporarily
Auto-hide revealed content after a configurable timer
Panic button to instantly re-hide all revealed content in open WhatsApp Web tabs
Supports WhatsApp Web’s dynamic single-page-app updates

### Privacy modes

Hide Everything: chats, messages, media, avatars
Hide Media Only: images, videos, grouped media, documents
Hide Chats Only: sidebar previews and related chat-list privacy elements
Disabled: temporarily turn privacy protection off

### Privacy

This extension runs only on https://web.whatsapp.com/*.

It does not collect personal data, does not send data to external servers, does not load remote code, and stores only local user preferences such as privacy mode and reveal timer settings.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Primordic

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.0 Last updated: 2026-06-18

Version code:

6308054

Creation date:

2026-06-15

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

https://web.whatsapp.com/*

Content scripts matches:

web.whatsapp.com

Size:

1.11MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-27

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 111,559 ▲ 1,128

Other rankings

#130 in whatsapp keyword 52 ▼ 3#231 in data privacy keyword 32 ▼ 4#242 in privacy keyword 55 ▼ 6

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Developed by:

Primordic

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-shield-for-whatsappweb/

Is privacy-shield-for-whatsappweb 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-shield-for-whatsappweb requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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privacy-shield-for-whatsappweb is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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