Reviews for Firefox Relay
Firefox Relay by Firefox
Review by Twisted Code (Phillip M.)
Rated 4 out of 5
by Twisted Code (Phillip M.), 4 years agoAlthough the extension could use some work, EXCELLENT service, and useful enough for protecting my privacy that I have enrolled in their premium $0.99/mo. plan.
Prior to this I was using mailinator whenever I wanted a single-use address, and while that's great if the account is a "throwaway", some accounts I actually intend to maintain. For non-throwaway accounts, there are several reasons mailinator is not a good choice, most notable of which: ANYONE can access a mailinator inbox.
After enrolling in Relay's premium plan, I have gradually started migrating my accounts to relay aliases, and so far I'm loving it. For example:
1. Each account having a different alias allows me to tell what account it pertains to just from the subject line.
2. In the event a company shares my email alias with another, I can trace that too!
3. By reducing the number of emails that go "directly" to my real email address, it becomes easier to filter out junk from accounts or interactions I've long since abandoned or never initiated the first place.
Now, as I said, the extension itself could use some work:
1. Sometimes, even if the option is checked to show the extension's icon on email fields, it will not show. When this happens, the only workaround is to visit Mozilla Relay's subsite at relay.Mozilla.org. I can't manage or grab my aliases via the toolbar button, for some reason
2. With some sites, like Nintendolife, the extension icon will show, but will only let you search for existing aliases, rather than offering to create a new alias for the registration. Perhaps this is another tool that should be available in the toolbar button?
3. See also: review by "Firefox user 13593578", which was posted 24 days prior to this one.
Prior to this I was using mailinator whenever I wanted a single-use address, and while that's great if the account is a "throwaway", some accounts I actually intend to maintain. For non-throwaway accounts, there are several reasons mailinator is not a good choice, most notable of which: ANYONE can access a mailinator inbox.
After enrolling in Relay's premium plan, I have gradually started migrating my accounts to relay aliases, and so far I'm loving it. For example:
1. Each account having a different alias allows me to tell what account it pertains to just from the subject line.
2. In the event a company shares my email alias with another, I can trace that too!
3. By reducing the number of emails that go "directly" to my real email address, it becomes easier to filter out junk from accounts or interactions I've long since abandoned or never initiated the first place.
Now, as I said, the extension itself could use some work:
1. Sometimes, even if the option is checked to show the extension's icon on email fields, it will not show. When this happens, the only workaround is to visit Mozilla Relay's subsite at relay.Mozilla.org. I can't manage or grab my aliases via the toolbar button, for some reason
2. With some sites, like Nintendolife, the extension icon will show, but will only let you search for existing aliases, rather than offering to create a new alias for the registration. Perhaps this is another tool that should be available in the toolbar button?
3. See also: review by "Firefox user 13593578", which was posted 24 days prior to this one.
2,215 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 19981530, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Daniel Olsson, 6 days agoI love this service, such a good feature to have directly in Firefox. I'd even donate money to keep it going.
Developer response
posted 6 days agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support! - Rated 3 out of 5by YuiStar, 8 days agoFirefox/Mozilla updated the service so you can have up to 50 masks - but the extension still thinks its limited to 5. So its currently unusable!
3 Stars because the service it self is great!Developer response
posted 6 days agoThanks for your feedback. We appreciate you sharing that you would like the Relay extension to be updated to accurately reflect the ability to create up to 50 masks. We’ve made sure to mark this as feedback for our product teams. Thank you again for your support and for helping us improve the product! - Rated 1 out of 5by HU, 10 days agoSorry to rate 1 star, but I will increase to 5 if the add-on is updated to reflect that users are allowed to have up to 50 email aliases; not just 5. As for the relay service itself, I really like it and appreciate it. But the add-on is not up to date, and is not even usable for me, as a result of this shortcoming.
Developer response
posted 6 days agoThanks for your feedback. We appreciate you sharing that you would like the Relay extension to be updated to accurately reflect the ability to create up to 50 masks. We’ve made sure to mark this as feedback for our product teams. Thank you again for your support and for helping us improve the product! Developer response
posted 20 days agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support!- Rated 3 out of 5by Jatila, 24 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19681791, 25 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17717880, a month agoA very useful tool for keeping your real e-mail safe, however, some website do not accept Firefox relay. Few ones. My biggest problem is that I put an alias for a driving school, and they should have send me a mail because passing a test ; well, I never received this mail, not in my spams, nowhere.
Except this, I've never had any other problems since 2021Developer response
posted a month agoWe’re sorry to hear you’re having trouble! We’d be glad to look into this. Please reach out to us at https://mzl.la/3OKgOxD so we can follow up. Hope to hear from you soon! - Rated 4 out of 5by superoci, a month agoGreat extension if you want to hide your real e-mail address or generate throw-away e-mail addresses. Although the tracking protection isn't as great as in alternatives and you have to generate random e-mail names, making it hard to memorise them, it is still a great extension to have.
Developer response
posted a month agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support! - Rated 1 out of 5by Dan, a month agonew: still says "you reached your limit of 5 masks" although in latest Fx patch, limit was increased to 50...
old: On some websites the addon removed names of fields in forms...Developer response
posted a month agoWe’re sorry to hear you’re having trouble! We’d be glad to look into this. Please reach out to us at https://mzl.la/3OKgOxD so we can follow up. Hope to hear from you soon! Developer response
posted a month agoThanks for your feedback. It’s helpful to hear that you’d like to have an update on Relay. We’ve made sure to mark this as feedback for our product teams. Thanks so much for the suggestion!Developer response
posted 2 months agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support!- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14261284, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19755324, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ghost, 3 months agoThis is a good initiative from mozilla team. I use mozilla for get ride from chrome based tracking browsers and this extension is really helpful.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support! - Rated 5 out of 5by JT, 3 months ago
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThank you so much for your positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying our app. If you have any suggestions for future updates, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for your support!- Rated 5 out of 5by GhostStrike8, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13026869, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Serge, 3 months agoLamentable, vous avez droit à 5 adresses gratuites sauf que seules les 3 premières fonctionnent, Je déteste qu'on me fasse de fausses promesses et me prenne pour un c... !
- Rated 3 out of 5by Chribs Main, 4 months agoIt's useful, however the addon itself should be an option in settings instead as it's extremely slow and buggy in it's current state. It's the exact same on my brothers Windows machine, whereas Im on linux. Please either optimise this addon, or just have it as a OPT-IN setting.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoThanks for your feedback. We recognize that our product may not meet every use case or need, but your feedback is valuable in helping us identify opportunities for improvement. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with us. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16891994, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mezbah, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18878246, 4 months agoBoa tarde.
A extensão Relay alcança o objetivo.
Microsoft não aceita a conexão, reconhece e avança com solicitações.