# Search Engine Usage Study

> This study measures how individuals interact with their search engines.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-engine-usage-study](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-engine-usage-study)

## Overview

- **ID:** `search-engine-usage-study`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Rally Developers
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 260
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3buildid20230412.122111
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-14
- **First published:** 2022-01-07
- **Size:** 4.00 MB
- **Data as of:** 2023-04-27
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-engine-usage-study/)
- **Website:** [https://rally.mozilla.org](https://rally.mozilla.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-engine-usage-study/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-engine-usage-study/privacy/)

## Description

NOTE: this study requires Mozilla Rally and will not function without it. Please visit <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/f1c35f4bdba94595c3e028d86ab25e7b4c449f0e527564bcb2c07c5d5a22997b/http%3A//rally.mozilla.org" rel="nofollow">rally.mozilla.org</a> to join Mozilla Rally in order to install this study add-on there.

In order to participate in this study, you must first install the Mozilla Rally add-on, which you can find at <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/c9fcdd5858b605ae7bcb74eebf6496ece07414ff27cb53c6d0a1d6e5e19c13a3/https%3A//rally.mozilla.org" rel="nofollow">https://rally.mozilla.org</a>. You also must accept the Mozilla Rally policy terms before you can enroll in any research studies.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `idle`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webNavigation`
- `history`
- `alarms`
- `mozillaAddons`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-engine-usage-study)