JShelter

Extension for increasing security and privacy level of the user.

What is JShelter?

JShelter is a crucial Chrome extension that significantly improves your web browsing security and privacy. Acting like a firewall, it controls the browser's APIs to restrict the data they can access and send out to web pages, thus preventing malicious tracking and fingerprinting. Users also have the added control to permit certain sites while adding restrictions, further enhancing their online security. This extension proves to be a strong defense against potential attacks on browsers, operating systems or hardware.

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By: nesatfit

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.55 (22)

Version: 0.18 (Last updated: 2024-04-20)

Creation date: 2020-06-22

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
tabs
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
webNavigation
<all_urls>
notifications

Size: 445.44K

Email: ne*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17140 ▼ 51

Other rankings

#701 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5 #60 in javascript keyword 44 ▲ 5 #226 in blog keyword 5 ▲ 7

Other platforms

JShelter (v0.18)

4.53 (38) 558

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What is JShelter?

JShelter is a browser extension to give back control over what your browser is doing. A JavaScript-enabled web page can access much of the browser's functionality, with little control over this process available to the user: malicious websites can uniquely identify you through fingerprinting and use other tactics for tracking your activity. JShelter aims to improve the privacy and security of your web browsing.

How does it work?

Like a firewall that controls network connections, JShelter controls the APIs provided by the browser, restricting the data that they gather and send out to websites. JShelter adds a safety layer that allows the user to choose if a certain action should be forbidden on a site, or if it should be allowed with restrictions, such as reducing the precision of geolocation to the city area. This layer can also aid as a countermeasure against attacks targeting the browser, operating system or hardware.

Please see the FAQ (https://jshelter.org/faq/) and our blog (https://jshelter.org/blog/) for more information about the extension.

What is the threat model?

https://jshelter.org/threatmodel/

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User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Focus on privacy
Ease of use
Customizable settings
Effective at blocking JavaScript

Cons

High CPU and memory usage
Issues with reCAPTCHA on some websites
Bug reports page and account creation process

Most mentioned

Focus on privacy
High CPU and memory usage
Issues with reCAPTCHA on some websites

Recent reviews

路遥, 2024-02-02

Andrea d' Ortona, 2023-12-14

Благодарность разработчикам. Правда, поднагружает процессор (это неточно, проверьте)

М, 2024-03-14

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Safety

Risk impact

JShelter is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install JShelter if you trust the publisher.