ScareMail
Makes email "scary" in order to disrupt NSA surveillance
What is ScareMail?
ScareMail is a Chrome extension that adds algorithmically generated narratives to email signatures, acting as a trap for NSA surveillance programs. Each email's story is unique, avoiding automated filtering by NSA search systems.
Extension stats
Rating: 3.67
(12)
Creation date: 2013-10-01
Manifest version: 2
Size: 1.05M
Email: bg*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website
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Extension summary
ScareMail makes email "scary" in order to disrupt NSA surveillance. Extending Google's Gmail, the work adds to every new email's signature an algorithmically generated narrative containing a collection of probable NSA search terms. This "story" acts as a trap for NSA programs like PRISM and XKeyscore, forcing them to look at nonsense. Each email's story is unique in an attempt to avoid automated filtering by NSA search systems.
User reviews
bello
by 
Joshua Thomson, 2015-05-29
Joshua Thomson, 2015-05-29not bad...a bit pointless though
by 
Ben, 2014-09-12
Ben, 2014-09-12Every time I needed to e-mail, THIS THING POPPED UP! It was really annoying to delete the story. Sorry if you thought this extention was good.
by 
sa g, 2014-08-25
sa g, 2014-08-25Extension safety
Risk impact
ScareMail requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
ScareMail has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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