# Web Time Machine

> Passively record, sync, and full-text search the readable text of every page you visit.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-time-machine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-time-machine)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-time-machine`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alex Newman
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-12
- **First published:** 2026-06-30
- **Size:** 176 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-time-machine/)

## Rankings

- #129,065 — Overall
- #67 — machine

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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