# Screen Shutter

> An extension to hide the contents of the page you're currently viewing.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/screen-shutter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/screen-shutter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `screen-shutter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** pmcintosh
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-02-24
- **First published:** 2020-02-23
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/screen-shutter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/pmcintosh/screen-shutter](https://github.com/pmcintosh/screen-shutter)

## Description

Screen Shutter is a Firefox add-on that provides a toolbar button and a keyboard shortcut to create a black overlay, obscuring the page contents.

## Rankings

- #39,669 — Overall
- #197 — screen

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### 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/screen-shutter)