Hacked News

A simple, clean Hacker News theme.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-02-17

By: Bala Clark

Users: 18

Rating: 4.00 (4)

Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2013-08-11)

Creation date: 2013-08-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 38.55K

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Summary

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Provides a clean and readable Hacker News experience as well as some other optional HN enhancements.

Included Enhancements:

View text only versions of articles (via ViewText.org)
Open articles in a new window
Article toolbar with HN meta data and voting functionality

This extension is open source and source code is available on github: https://github.com/balaclark/hacked-news

Safety

Risk impact

Hacked News is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive 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 Hacked News if you trust the publisher.