Decentraleyes

Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.

What is Decentraleyes?

"Decentraleyes" is a privacy-enhancing Chrome extension that serves local files to negate requests reaching networks such as Google Hosted Libraries. This circumvents the issue of websites breaking when blocking content from large third-parties, enhancing your online privacy. Decentraleyes complements traditional blockers and requires no prior configuration to work. Note that while it successfully prevents many tracking requests, it's not a comprehensive solution.

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By: Thomas Rientjes

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.74 (223)

Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-21)

Creation date: 2019-10-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

privacy
webNavigation
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
webRequest
unlimitedStorage
storage

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 7.26M

Email: de*****@protonmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2241 ▼ 21

Other rankings

#34 in Privacy & Security ▼ 1

#40 in deliver keyword 6 ▼ 6

#121 in prevent keyword 26 ▼ 34

#152 in chrome keyword 96 ▼ 31

#178 in google keep keyword 49 ▼ 42

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Extension summary

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It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.

Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or trackers is usually without issue, however blocking actual content, not unexpectedly, breaks pages. The aim of this add-on is to cut out the middleman by providing lightning speed delivery of local (bundled) files to improve online privacy.

 • Protects privacy by evading large delivery networks that claim to offer free services.
 • Complements regular blockers such as uBlock Origin (recommended), Adblock Plus, et al.
 • Works directly out of the box; absolutely no prior configuration required.

Note: Decentraleyes is no silver bullet, but it does prevent a lot of websites from making you send these kinds of requests. Ultimately, you can make Decentraleyes block requests for any missing CDN resources, too.

User reviews

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Pros

Helps maintain privacy and security by blocking third-party requests.
Easy to use and effective for the CDNs it covers.
Many users report it as an integral part of their security suite alongside other tools.
Well-received by long-time users who appreciate its improvements.

Cons

May block necessary resources from certain CDNs, causing issues on websites.
Some users are unsure if it is working or how to verify its functionality.
The extension has not been updated in a while, prompting users to consider alternatives.

Most mentioned

Users emphasize the importance of privacy and security features.
Issues related to blocking necessary resources are commonly raised.
Several reviews discuss the effectiveness of the extension.
There are mentions of seeking alternatives or forks due to updates.

Recent reviews

As soon as I noticed it may be removed for not conforming to googlecraps, privacy policy , which ironically is "Only googlecraps should spy on everyone and no one else" I installed it. Please let us know how to side load if you have to leave the store.