MouseVader

A privacy tool that mislead trackers by creating noise in the collected user behavioral data via fake random mouse movement events in the background so it doesn't impact user experience
MouseVader is a privacy tool for Firefox that misleads trackers by generating fake random mouse movements, protecting your online privacy and making it difficult for tracking services to build a profile of you.
Manifest V2
Daily users: 25
-1
Rating: 4.50
(4)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2022-07-30)
Version code: 5438169
Creation date: 2022-07-16
Weekly download count: 2
Firefox on Android: No
Size: 79.77K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Updated: 17 hours ago

User reviews


I suppose it works and it's a neat little addon, but there are problems that are quite annoying. 1. When watching YouTube videos in fullscreen, bottom right corner with the channel name gets focused for a split-second over any video, with a fixed interval. 2. Hovering over items for preview on Steam Workshop for example causes previews to disappear until you re-engage with them with your mouse manually (hover away and then on again) with the same timed interval as with YouTube. I understand those are limitations of a kind, but I believe potential users should be aware of the stuff I described, and who knows how many potential issues MouseVader could cause on all sorts of websites (also a 3-star is more likely to bring attention to this, no hate here)
by Hamzak, 2025-01-31
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Add-on safety

Risk impact
Moderate risk impact

MouseVader requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
Low risk likelihood

MouseVader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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