# Urban Shield

> Urban Shield is a Wi-Fi surfing protection & auto caching, and history cleaner extension for your browser.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `urban-shield`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Urban VPN
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 7,964
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,253
- **Rating:** 3.75 / 5 (109 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-27
- **First published:** 2019-10-10
- **Size:** 3.58 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-shield/)
- **Website:** [https://www.urban-vpn.com/](https://www.urban-vpn.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-shield/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-shield/privacy/)

## Description

Urban Shield is a comprehensive Firefox extension that secures your browser by blocking malicious websites, annoying ads, and cryptocurrency mining sites to enhance device safety and performance. It offers advanced protection against phishing and identity theft, while clearing your cache and history automatically to maintain your privacy. The extension also blocks tracking analytics requests, shielding your digital fingerprint from being exposed.

Designed for seamless integration, Urban Shield requires no additional software and operates without slowing your browser. It collects minimal browsing data with your consent to improve protection services, shared only in aggregated anonymized forms. Install Urban Shield today for safer, faster, and more private web surfing.

## Rankings

- #890 — Overall
- #196 — Privacy & Security
- #14 — field
- #37 — cryptocurrency
- #49 — malware
- #72 — cache

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `proxy`
- `management`
- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `browsingData`
- `<all_urls>`
- `https://sessions.bugsnag.com/*`
- `https://notify.bugsnag.com/*`
- `https://*.urban-vpn.com/*`
- `https://google-analytics.com/*`
- `https://www.google-analytics.com/*`
- `https://ssl.google-analytics.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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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## Review summary

Most reviews focus on two issues: frequent errors and reliability problems (e.g., 'Something went wrong'), and serious privacy concerns around data collection and scraping. A smaller group views it positively, praising its VPN capabilities on Firefox and calling it useful or even a 'masterpiece.' Overall, the add-on shows a split: notable VPN functionality for Firefox but significant reliability and privacy risks cited by multiple users.

### Pros

- VPN functionality on Firefox; one of the few/free VPN options available for Firefox, with users noting it can connect to regions like Japan.
- Positive user sentiment in several reviews, with phrases like 'masterpiece' and 'good' indicating some users find it useful

### Cons

- Frequent errors and reliability issues, including 'Something went wrong' messages and initialization failures
- Privacy concerns due to data collection or data stealing allegations, including scraping data and collecting chat logs
- Some reviewers report it stopped functioning after disclosures about data scraping / privacy issues

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