AXECC: Benchmarking the Privacy and Accessibility Impact of Browser Extensions
James Clarke, Maryam Mehrnezhad, Ehsan Toreini · 2026 · ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
This paper presents AXECC, a novel automated framework for jointly measuring the web-tracking behaviour and accessibility impact of browser extensions at scale. The authors argue that while browser extensions are widely installed to improve the browsing experience, including by…
browser extensions · web tracking · privacy · accessibility testing · automated testing