NEU Ad Observer

A browser extension to share data about your social feed with researchers and journalists to increase transparency.

NEU Ad Observer - Increase transparency

NEU Ad Observer is a browser extension that captures users' Facebook ads and shares, sharing the data with academic researchers to increase transparency and understand the online advertising ecosystem.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 36
2
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2021-10-27)
Creation date: 2021-04-19
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 396.29K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

Extension safety

Risk impact

NEU Ad Observer requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of NEU Ad Observer. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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