# Universal Bypass

> Don't waste your time with compliance. Universal Bypass automatically skips annoying link shorteners.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `universal-bypass`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Sainan
- **Category:** language-support,tabs
- **Daily users:** 44,215
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (495 ratings)
- **Version:** 13.15.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-26
- **First published:** 2018-03-16
- **Size:** 426 KB
- **Data as of:** 2022-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/universal-bypass/)

## Description

Universal Bypass is a Firefox add-on that circumvents sites which make you wait, make you do something, and even trackers. It automatically skips link shorteners like adf.ly, show.co, sub2unlock.com, bit.ly, and t.co.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## 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

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