Disconnect

Make the web faster, more private, and more secure.

What is Disconnect?

Disconnect is a popular Chrome extension by disconnect.me. This extension has 592,646 weekly active users, a good user rating of 4.41, and is most similar to Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker and Privacy Badger. The latest version, 20.3.1.1, was updated 3 years ago.

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By: http://disconnect.me

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Users: 592,646 ▼ -10,429

Rating: 4.41 (3,145)

Version: 20.3.1.1 (Last updated: 2020-10-06)

Creation date: 2020-03-04

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
webNavigation
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 1.04M

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Disconnect (v20.3.1.1)

465 104,617

Not available on Edge

ChromeStats Rank

# 654 ▲ 10

Other rankings

#33 in winner keyword ▼ 1 #125 in best keyword ▲ 1

Summary

Disconnect lets you visualize and block the invisible websites that track you. Load the pages you go to 44% faster. Stop tracking by thousands of third-party sites.

Disconnect was named the best privacy tool by the New York Times (2016), Innovation Award winner for Best Privacy and Security software at South by Southwest (2015), listed as one of the 100 best innovations of the year by Popular Science and one of the 20 best Chrome extensions by Lifehacker.

Disconnect is open-source <

http://git.io/Do5OtA>,

 pay-what-you-want software <

https://disconnect.me/support>.


You can get help on our site <

https://disconnect.me/disconnect/help>.


Note: Green (or checked) means blocked!

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User reviews

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Pros

Effective at blocking trackers and unwanted content
Easy to use
Good for privacy
Highly recommended by some users

Cons

Incompatible with some sites, such as Ebay
Can make some sites load improperly
Slows down computer for some users

Most mentioned

Effective at blocking trackers and unwanted content
Incompatible with some sites, such as Ebay
Easy to use
Good for privacy
Slows down computer for some users

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Safety

Risk impact

Disconnect requires a number of risky permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Disconnect if you trust the publisher.

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Risk likelihood

Disconnect has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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