Could Firefox make it easier to review extension access for a specific site before opening an account page?
Consider someone visiting an email account, a banking site, or a crypto account such as BYDFi. The useful browser-level question is which installed extensions have permission to read or change content on that particular site. A quick, understandable review could help people make a more informed choice before signing in.
The workflow I would like to discuss is a site-specific extension access summary, reachable from the toolbar. It could show:
- Extensions with permission to read or modify content on the current site, distinguishing broad host permissions from temporary access.
- A plain-language explanation of what each displayed permission allows.
- A direct route to the relevant existing permission controls or to disable an extension.
- Clear information about whether a change affects the current tab, all tabs for that site, or the extension everywhere, including whether reloading is needed.
This should be an optional review that users open deliberately. Repeated warnings on every visit could become distracting and train people to dismiss them.
The wording also matters. Permission to access a page does not prove that an extension has collected data, and a permission summary cannot certify that an account or browser session is secure. It should explain the scope of the information shown, including any extension capabilities that are outside that view.
I am interested in discoverability and clarity around the controls, rather than reporting a specific failure or security incident. If an existing Firefox workflow already provides these details, it would be useful to discuss how users could find it more easily.
Would a site-specific summary be helpful, or would clearer links and explanations in the existing Extensions menu address this better?
