# Infrastructure Overlay

> Reveals the hidden infrastructure behind the websites you visit.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/infrastructure-overlay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/infrastructure-overlay)

## Overview

- **ID:** `infrastructure-overlay`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** daveywhitcraft
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,alerts-updates,games-entertainment
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-08
- **First published:** 2025-05-05
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/infrastructure-overlay/)
- **Website:** [https://daveywhitcraft.com/](https://daveywhitcraft.com/)

## Description

Infrastructure Overlay is a browser extension that reveals the physical and ecological infrastructure behind the websites you visit.

Each time you load a page, a subtle overlay appears in the corner of your browser. It displays:
<ul><li>The real-world server location of the domain</li><li>A fact-based geographic and energy context</li><li>A poetic reflection on the site's material footprint</li></ul>
This extension draws from verified data and regional infrastructure details to make the internet's hidden geography visible — not through statistics, but through grounded, evocative language.

No data is collected. Everything runs locally in your browser.

Part of the ongoing project “What the Mineral Forgets” by Davey Whitcraft.

## Rankings

- #140,064 — Overall
- #152 — overlay

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/infrastructure-overlay)