Software1 hOctober 23, 2026, 20:52

776 of top 1,000 Firefox add-ons still don't disclose data collection

Mozilla has required new add-ons to declare data collection in their manifests since November 2025, but existing extensions only get a warning. Of the top 1,000 AMO add-ons, 776 lack the data_collection_permissions key, including Bitwarden, 1Password, AdGuard and uBlock Origin.

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776 of top 1,000 Firefox add-ons still don't disclose data collection

776 of the top 1,000 Firefox add-ons declare no data collection
Since July 2026 only 145 of 343 updated add-ons added the key
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