The Distraction Shield

Divert attention from social media websites towards learning a new language

The Distraction Shield - Learn a New Language While Avoiding Social Media

The Distraction Shield is a browser extension designed to divert attention from social media websites towards learning a new language. It detects and redirects users from distracting sites to engaging language exercises. Stay focused and productive with The Distraction Shield.

Extension stats

Users: 19
Rating: 4.33
(3)
Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2019-07-25)
Creation date: 2019-07-21
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • idle
  • alarms
  • history
  • <all_urls>
Size: 2.00M
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

The Distraction Shield is a browser extension designed to take advantage of our human nature. It is a very common scenario to find ourselves browsing sites such as Facebook or Reddit while we are supposed to be working. The Distraction Shield can help you to do something useful and enriching; a distraction 'Aikido'.

The main functionality of The Distraction Shield extension is to detect when the user enters a website that they consider a distraction. It then presents a language exercise instead. Once the user has completed the exercise, they will be free to continue onto the original site. The user can choose for which sites the redirection should happen, by adding domain names to a blacklist.

The Distraction Shield is open source: https://github.com/zeeguu-ecosystem/Distraction-Shield

User reviews

Cool idea, but when I try to add custom sites to the "exercise" list, they all fail to load. Will update review if this bug gets fixed.
by Michael Daross, 2020-10-10

Was searching for an extension like this for a long time! Easy to use and really does improve my productivity
by Tim Schönborn, 2019-07-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

The Distraction Shield may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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