Translate technical cookies into plain English privacy explanations.
Users
5
โ1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#257K
#214K among extensions
Version
1.0.5
updated 8 Apr 2026
Users
monthly, 6 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:5 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 6 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Cookie Lens
๐ช COOKIE LENS โ YOUR PRIVACY DECODED
Most websites drop dozens of cookies on your device the moment you visit them.
Some are harmless. Some remember your login. Others silently follow you across
the internet, building a profile of everything you read, click, and buy.
Until now, understanding them required being a developer.
Cookie Lens translates every cookie on any website into plain English โ what it
does, who put it there, and whether it puts your privacy at risk.
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WHAT IT DOES
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๐ IDENTIFIES EVERY COOKIE
Instantly analyses all cookies on the page you're visiting. No technical
knowledge required โ each cookie gets a plain English explanation of its
purpose and who is likely behind it.
๐ท๏ธ CATEGORISES BY TYPE
Every cookie is sorted into one of five categories:
โข Strictly Necessary โ keeps the site working
โข Functional โ remembers your preferences
โข Analytics โ measures how you use the site
โข Tracking/Marketing โ follows you for advertising
โข Unknown โ purpose unclear, flagged for transparency
โ ๏ธ SECURITY ATTRIBUTE SCANNING
Each cookie is inspected for five critical security flags:
โข Secure โ is it protected from interception on public Wi-Fi?
โข HttpOnly โ is it shielded from JavaScript attacks (XSS)?
โข SameSite โ is it protected against cross-site request forgery?
โข Domain โ is it first-party or set by a third party?
โข Path โ what parts of the site can access it?
๐ฏ RISK SCORING (A to F)
Every cookie gets an individual risk score from 0โ10 and a grade from A to F,
based on its category and security configuration. A tracking cookie sent over
HTTP with no protections scores very differently to a necessary session cookie
correctly configured.
๐ PRIVACY HEALTH SCORE
A page-level score summarises the overall cookie picture โ what percentage is
tracking, how many are unknown, and what the aggregate risk grade is.
๐ EXPORT YOUR REPORT
One click copies a plain-text summary to your clipboard โ ready to paste into
an email, a WhatsApp message, or a privacy complaint. A second click downloads
a beautifully formatted HTML report you can save, print, or share.
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WHY COOKIE LENS IS DIFFERENT
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โ NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED
Install and go. No sign-up, no email, no subscription.
โ COMPLETELY PRIVATE
Cookie Lens never sends your data anywhere. Everything is analysed locally
inside your browser. What you see stays on your device.
โ MINIMUM PERMISSIONS
Cookie Lens requests only the permissions it genuinely needs โ nothing more.
No reading your browsing history. No accessing your personal data.
โ BUILT BY SECURITY PROFESSIONALS
Developed by FoxSecIntel, Cookie Lens applies real cybersecurity knowledge to
a problem everyone faces but few people understand. The risk scoring model is
based on industry-standard security attribute analysis.
โ FREE, FOREVER
No premium tier. No ads. No upsell. Just transparency.
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PERFECT FOR
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๐ค Privacy-conscious users who want to know what's happening on the sites
they visit every day
๐ก๏ธ Security professionals who want a fast cookie audit without opening
DevTools
๐ฐ Journalists and researchers investigating data practices of websites
๐ข Compliance teams checking whether sites meet GDPR cookie requirements
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Parents who want to understand what cookies are tracking their family
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HOW TO USE IT
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1. Install Cookie Lens
2. Visit any website
3. Click the ๐ช icon in your toolbar
4. See exactly what is tracking you โ in plain English
The badge on the icon shows the cookie count for every site you visit,
updating automatically as you browse โ so you always have a sense of what
each site is doing before you even open the extension.
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By FoxSecIntel โ building tools that put privacy back in your hands.