ScareMail

Makes email "scary" in order to disrupt NSA surveillance

ScareMail - Disrupt NSA Surveillance

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.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 96
-15
Rating: 3.67
(12)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2013-10-02)
Creation date: 2013-10-01
Size: 1.05M
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

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

User reviews

bello
by Joshua Thomson, 2015-05-29

not bad...a bit pointless though
by Ben, 2014-09-12

Every 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
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Extension safety

Risk impact

ScareMail 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 ScareMail. 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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