NoDetour

Changes links passed through redirection scripts to point straight to the final URL.

NoDetour: Navigate Straight to Your Desired Page

NoDetour is a handy Chrome extension that allows you to navigate to your desired final URL without having to go through any unnecessary redirection scripts. Often, these scripts are used for tracking click-throughs or forcing visitors to an intermediate advert-aligned page. With NoDetour installed, your browsing experience becomes more efficient, eliminating annoying detours and simplifying your web navigation journey.
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Extension stats

Users: 472
-28
Rating: 3.71
(7)
Version: 5.0 (Last updated: 2022-08-03)
Creation date: 2013-08-02
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 128.00K

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Extension summary

Changes links passed through redirection scripts (e.g. /cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?url=http://foo.com - often used for tracking click-throughs or forcing visitors through an intermediate adverts page) to point straight to the final URL. Based on my "link neutraliser" bookmarklet http://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/48/

User reviews

It works really, really well and was also finally updated in 2022! I would find that very great because the functionality is no longer guaranteed! But now this extension works again. This extension also only does the following: you are redirected from source to destination, so you get directly to the "target." It doesn't prevent forwarding, but it prevents the "in between" forwarding so that you are "put through" directly to the actual "destination" of the forwarding. But if the actual destination of the redirect is not the website you think it is, then of course this doesn't work! But this extension works correctly!

works very well
by AHMED SALAH, 2022-01-31

This extension does not work; in fact, it doesn't do anything at all. The last time that it was updated by its developer was over 8 years ago.
by Clark, 2022-01-16
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Extension safety

Risk impact

NoDetour does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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