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

Users: 112 ▲ 11
Rating: 3.67 (12)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2013-10-02)
Creation date: 2013-10-01
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 1.05M
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

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 likelihood

ScareMail has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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