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8.4
Overall

AdBlock — block ads across the web

🌐 Chrome Extension

Unknown

Block ads on YouTube and your favorite sites for free

61,000,000 usersRating: 4.5/5v6.41.3
Low Risk8.4/10

Scanned June 1, 2026

Risk Flags

Inject scripts into web pages
5 safer alternatives available
7.7
Permissions
6.0
Developer
10.0
Data Privacy
10.0
Policy Match

Permissions (30)

Schedule tasks to run periodically
alarmsacceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Low
Add items to right-click menus
contextMenusexpected
Standard for ad blockers — this permission is required for core functionality
None
Unknown permission: declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccessunusual
Uncommon for ad blockers but not necessarily a concern
Medium
Unknown permission: idle
idleunusual
Uncommon for ad blockers but not necessarily a concern
Medium
Show desktop notifications
notificationsunusual
Uncommon for ad blockers but not necessarily a concern
Low
Inject scripts into web pages
scriptingunusual
Not typical for ad blockers — review why this is needed
Critical
Store data locally in the browser
storageexpected
Standard for ad blockers — this permission is required for core functionality
Low
Read your open tabs and navigation activity
tabsacceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
High
Unknown permission: unlimitedStorage
unlimitedStorageacceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Track detailed navigation events
webNavigationacceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
High
Observe and analyze all web traffic
webRequestexpected
Standard for ad blockers — this permission is required for core functionality
Critical
Access all websites you visit
<all_urls>expected
Standard for ad blockers — this permission is required for core functionality
Critical
Manage other installed extensions
managementunusual
Not typical for ad blockers — review why this is needed
High
Access data on *
http://*/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on *
https://*/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on getadblock.com
https://getadblock.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on *.dev.getadblock.com
https://*.dev.getadblock.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on *.myaccount.getadblock.com
https://*.myaccount.getadblock.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Unknown permission: *://*.youtube.com/*
*://*.youtube.com/*unusual
Uncommon for ad blockers but not necessarily a concern
Medium
Access data on youtube.com
https://youtube.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on www.youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on vpn.getadblock.com
https://vpn.getadblock.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on adblockplus.org
https://adblockplus.org/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on new.adblockplus.org
https://new.adblockplus.org/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on welcome.adblockplus.org
https://welcome.adblockplus.org/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on accounts.adblockplus.org
https://accounts.adblockplus.org/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on *.myaccount.adblockplus.org
https://*.myaccount.adblockplus.org/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Access data on btloader.com
https://btloader.com/trustedIframe.html?o=*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium
Unknown permission: *://*.facebook.com/*
*://*.facebook.com/*unusual
Uncommon for ad blockers but not necessarily a concern
Medium
Access data on stackoverflow.com
https://stackoverflow.com/*acceptable
Common for ad blockers — used by most tools in this category
Medium

Developer

NameNot disclosed
Verified PublisherYes
Known EntityNot recognized

Data Flows

Extension background service
Encryptedtab data

Privacy Policy Analysis

Policy Status
Policy found
https://getadblock.com/privacy/
Actual Data Collection
  • tab data
Policy matches observed behavior

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