Hacked News

A simple, clean Hacker News theme.

Extension stats

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

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

Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacked News requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hacked News may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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