uBO-Scope

A tool to measure your 3rd-party exposure score for web sites you visit.

uBO-Scope: Monitor Your 3rd-Party Web Exposure Score

uBO-Scope is a unique Firefox add-on specially designed to provide you with an informed perspective about your online exposure. It calculates your third-party exposure score for the websites you visit with an aim to enhance your digital privacy. The lower the score, the better. It works on the principle of defining a third-party request as any network request to a remote server that carries a different base domain name than that of the URL in the address bar. uBO-Scope does amazing work in observing network traffic without altering it in any way.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
Daily users: 807
-6
Rating: 4.75
(87)
Version: 0.1.13resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Version code: 5728530
Creation date: 2017-08-25
Weekly download count: 25
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • webRequest
  • <all_urls>
Size: 167.13K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

uBO-Scope (v0.1.12)
2,000 4.66 (35)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great tool for privacy and IT security
  • Educative for understanding inner workings of the internet
  • Useful for data enthusiasts
  • Compliments other add-ons like uBO
Cons
    Most mentioned
    • Helps with privacy understanding
    • Useful for data nerds
    • Pairs well with uBO
    User reviews
    6xStars_needed!
    by v0bl, 2024-12-03


    View all user reviews

    Add-on safety

    Risk impact

    uBO-Scope requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

    Risk impact analysis details
    • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
    • Critical ****** ****** ** *** ********* ****** * *********** ******** **** ** ** *** ******* *** ****** **** **** *** ******* *****
    • Low ******* ****** ** *** ********* ********
    Risk likelihood

    We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of uBO-Scope. Use it at your own risk.

    Risk likelihood analysis details
    • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
    • Low **** ********* *** ******* **** **** * ****** **** ***** ******** *** **** ****** ** ** ****** *** *****
    • Low **** ********* *** ***** **** **** * ****** **** ***** ********** *** **** ****** ** ** ****** *** *****
    • Good **** ********* *** **** **** *******
    Upgrade to see full risk analysis details