# Dorso

> Browser extension against programmer brainrot.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dorso](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dorso)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dorso`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gabriel Ong
- **Category:** web-development,appearance,tabs
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-21
- **First published:** 2025-02-21
- **Size:** 456 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dorso/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gongahkia/dorso/issues](https://github.com/gongahkia/dorso/issues)

## Description

Dorso is a client-sided browser extension that monitors web activity and forces users to correctly answer a random programming question before allowing them access to their AI chatbot of choice for the next 15 minutes.

Dorso checks for web-based AI chatbot access off the following blacklist.

<code><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/92514632a35057fe769e329498e9a1ff10458c5f205a19dbda14b250466760cc/https%3A//chatgpt.com/" rel="nofollow">https://chatgpt.com/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/07d21d6cf658a8a7aac139455eac1d6ec89b511db35fd6eddfaa5998246e3a33/https%3A//www.perplexity.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://www.perplexity.ai/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/12654af5cdf90a0aca37b997098724b6c489fff7ccca1baf804b7dcf73f8c21c/https%3A//gemini.google.com/app" rel="nofollow">https://gemini.google.com/app</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/48e6ba6c0ce23dc7255f342cb11d2c07de4f15bc0100374ec6f1549320f18934/https%3A//claude.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://claude.ai/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/80767f91bb32837db4a407374c794244e29af0100cf6e991f0a6ac8ee75c1dc1/https%3A//www.deepseek.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.deepseek.com/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/b3beafbc7a43e40f4e15bf56655d51b51b56d850f1aa0857d09870bf2329ff68/https%3A//copilot.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow">https://copilot.microsoft.com/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/bc48d8ed9dc07ee336a81ef0498d54201991343ccb188fb31f59e46cc37bcbd1/https%3A//socrat.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://socrat.ai/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/3bb76290840b065e459e8baf874e24ef122c92dfe826d9069b01a67f4c52e275/https%3A//huggingface.co/chat/" rel="nofollow">https://huggingface.co/chat/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/7e6a13876eeaee8bf40b4d216e4fc8fb41b86017e616b0ac413079e22db2d4cd/https%3A//writesonic.com/chat" rel="nofollow">https://writesonic.com/chat</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/866df408f54babef46d2231101225fba992a7ff66401f80aa8ae3e5d86cbe946/https%3A//you.com/" rel="nofollow">https://you.com/</a>
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/ef7e9e291da86bf26d0c58222d4d454226c5acfee30c34ddc5b9e4955e429d62/https%3A//www.jasper.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://www.jasper.ai/</a>
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## Rankings

- #139,779 — Overall
- #132 — programmer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webNavigation`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dorso)