Shill Detector

Name: Shill Detector
Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Author: AliveExtensions

Notifies you if the page you are reading contains the name of a biased journalist.

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-12-29

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Creates a warning at the top of a page when the name of a biased journalist appears on the page. Currently limited to direct links only, not dynamically loaded data into an existing page.

List of journalists is based on Wikileaks emails between the HRC campaign, DNC and journalists. The list was compiled courtesy of Reddit user hiphiphurrayx2

Extension

By:

AliveExtensions

Users:

Rating:

3.00

(4)

Version:

0.0.3 Last updated: 2016-11-18

Creation date:

2016-11-17

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
background
pageCapture

Size:

13.75KB

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a year ago

User reviews

is good

Jo*****, 2020-10-11

pretty good

an*****, 2020-10-11

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

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Shill Detector may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.