Is Web Archives safe?

Clean risk

Finds archived and cached versions of web pages from the toolbar, context menu, or server-error pages.

This extension lets you search supported archive and cache sources for the current page or a custom URL. You can start searches from the right-click menu, browser toolbar, or address bar when a server error occurs, and you can toggle and reorder search sources in the options.

Armin Sebastianv7.3.1Firefox Add-ons
3Risk
Who publishes it

Armin Sebastian - no other listings under this identity, 3 shared hostnames

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Armin Sebastian

Shared hosts - 3 hostnames

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

archive.softwareheritage.org
Also called by 4 other listings, including Web Archives
api.perma.cc
Also called by 5 other listings, including Web Archives, Perma.cc
perma.cc
Also called by 5 other listings, including Web Archives, Perma.cc

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 7.3.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on every site you visit

    <all_urls>

  • Schedule its own background tasks

    alarms

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser

    unlimitedStorage

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes

    webRequestBlocking

Updated 2 November 2026amo-844320