# Spur

> Simple private URL redirection.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `spur`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** gxvwb
- **Category:** bookmarks,privacy-security
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2023-02-08
- **First published:** 2021-04-11
- **Size:** 86 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/spur/)

## Description

Spur is a Firefox add-on called 'spur' that creates private Short URLs using easy to remember 4-digit numerical codes and does not track users. It is a copy of YOURLS shortener and is defaulted to work with the YOURLS server url.gxvwb.dev.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/spur)