# Risk Alert

> Detect and notify users about potential financial or security risks on visited pages (examples: scam indicators, risky investments, phishing signs).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/risk-alert](https://chrome-stats.com/d/risk-alert)

## Overview

- **ID:** `risk-alert`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Timmothy Carlson
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-14
- **First published:** 2025-12-11
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/risk-alert/)

## Description

Detect and notify users about potential financial or security risks on visited pages (examples: scam indicators, risky investments, phishing signs).

## Rankings

- #114,902 — Overall
- #12 — risk

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/risk-alert)