Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome

Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome uses interactive visualizations to show users the relationship under third parties.

Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome: Interactive Privacy Extension

Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome is a non-commercial research tool that helps users visualize their online interactions with third parties, improves their understanding of internet privacy, and supports GDPR protections. The extension is open-source for transparency and invites user feedback. No personal identifying data is used for research. Users can voluntarily support the research by sharing their (anonymized) data.

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By: Rachel_hxh

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.50

(6)

Version: 3.1.2 (Last updated: 2021-10-05)

Creation date: 2020-06-29

Permissions:

webRequest
<all_urls>
tabs
cookies
downloads

Size: 1.37M

Email: xu*****@kcl.ac.uk

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 9,609 ▲ 51

Other rankings

#702 in Developer Tools ▼ 1 #119 in firefox keyword 21 ▼ 71 #255 in study keyword 13 ▼ 12 #280 in research keyword 33 ▼ 18

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Used to work well, but now it does no longer open, and I get a pop-up saying it has closed down. It then does not restart. Enjoyed it before, would love for it to work again.

Birgitte Wandall, 2022-08-14

Fantastic tool, eye opening to see just how observed and tracked we are!

Yan-Maurice McNiven, 2021-04-09

great to transfer this to Chrome, and FF's seems to stop services

Yongnan Chen, 2019-10-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Thunderbeam-Lightbeam for Chrome. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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