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McAfee Anti-tracker

Chrome extension·by McAfee, LLC
65
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

McAfee Anti-tracker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
8%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
18%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,187 productivity extensions
Findings
55
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
100000
median 89vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 55 distinct issues across 6 severities
55
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 128 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

6 risky permissions of 10 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 6 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps

Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

High
Control privacy settings

Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Block network requests (declarative)

Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content

Low
View blocked request stats

Can see which declarative rules matched network requests

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 12, 2026
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