QueryVeil by NOTz00m
Privacy-focused extension that generates realistic search query noise to obfuscate user search patterns and protect against profiling.
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About this extension
Search engines build a profile from what you search. QueryVeil makes that profile less accurate by sending believable searches in the background, so your real interests get lost among the decoys.
It never reads your real searches or history. Everything runs in Firefox, and there is no QueryVeil server, account, or telemetry.
How it works
- Searches go out at a human pace (6, 12, or 20 an hour, or your own rate) with irregular gaps, not on a fixed timer.
- Queries come from 20 topics, and you choose which ones.
- Pick a persona, like a college student, a new parent, or a gamer, and the searches start to look like one consistent person instead of random noise.
- Optional extras make the traffic look more real. QueryVeil can type queries out through autosuggest, mix in what's trending on Google Trends, and open a result now and then.
- Mix in up to 14 other languages. Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Korean, Polish, and Romanian have been reviewed by native speakers.
- Set active hours so it only runs when you'd normally be online.
Works with Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. Pick the one you actually use.
What you see
The popup shows whether it's running, when the next search goes out, a strip of the last hour's activity, and a rough cover estimate with tips for improving it. Settings save as you change them.
Open source under the MIT license. View the source on GitHub.
It never reads your real searches or history. Everything runs in Firefox, and there is no QueryVeil server, account, or telemetry.
How it works
- Searches go out at a human pace (6, 12, or 20 an hour, or your own rate) with irregular gaps, not on a fixed timer.
- Queries come from 20 topics, and you choose which ones.
- Pick a persona, like a college student, a new parent, or a gamer, and the searches start to look like one consistent person instead of random noise.
- Optional extras make the traffic look more real. QueryVeil can type queries out through autosuggest, mix in what's trending on Google Trends, and open a result now and then.
- Mix in up to 14 other languages. Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Korean, Polish, and Romanian have been reviewed by native speakers.
- Set active hours so it only runs when you'd normally be online.
Works with Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. Pick the one you actually use.
What you see
The popup shows whether it's running, when the next search goes out, a strip of the last hour's activity, and a rough cover estimate with tips for improving it. Settings save as you change them.
Open source under the MIT license. View the source on GitHub.
Rated 5 by 3 reviewers
Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access browsing history
- Access recently closed tabs
- Hide and show browser tabs
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for www.google.com
- Access your data for trends.google.com
- Access your data for www.bing.com
- Access your data for duckduckgo.com
- Access your data for ac.duckduckgo.com
More information
- Add-on Links
- Version
- 1.5.0
- Size
- 99.77 KB
- Last updated
- 3 days ago (Nov 9, 2026)
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- License
- MIT License
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