HeaderHunter

Notifications for recruitment messages in HTTP headers
What is HeaderHunter?
HeaderHunter is a simple Google Chrome extension that shows alerts when visiting websites with recruitment messages in HTTP headers. It reads headers like "X-Recruiting", "X-Hacker", "X-Hire", or "X-Jobs" and turns your browser into a job listing app.

Extension stats

Users: 17 ▼ -2
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2014-03-21)
Creation date: 2014-03-21
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • tabs
  • storage
  • *://*/*
Size: 9.42K

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Extension summary

HeaderHunter is a simple Google Chrome extension that will show a small alert whenever you visit a website that returns recruitment messages in the HTTP headers.

A few companies started adding recruitment messages via "X-Recruiting", "X-Hacker", "X-Hire" or "X-Jobs" HTTP headers. Without any centralized job site, this extension turns your browser into a job listing app, by reading these headers when they are present. All web admins have to do is to include one of these headers with a custom message to the user.

You can contribute to the development of this extension on GitHub: https://github.com/runemadsen/headerhunter

Extension safety

Risk impact

HeaderHunter requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

HeaderHunter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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