# Private Simplified Search

> Search Simplified and Private using Ecosia

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/private-simplified-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/private-simplified-search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `private-simplified-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sanjay
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-19
- **First published:** 2019-06-18
- **Size:** 35 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/private-simplified-search/)

## Description

Private Simplified Search is a Firefox add-on that makes search easy using Ecosia. With this add-on, you can search the web in a simplified and private manner by leveraging the power of Ecosia.

## Rankings

- #145,428 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.ecosia.org/*`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/private-simplified-search)