Meta Shield

Name: Meta Shield
Author: LRBC

By: LRBC

Catches Meta trackers red-handed and blocks them instantly.

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Meta Shield is a lightweight, high-performance privacy extension built explicitly for users who demand absolute control over their web traffic.

Unlike restrictive Manifest V3 architectures that limit your blocking capabilities, Meta Shield leverages the full, unthrottled power of legacy Manifest V2 APIs to filter background data streams client-side, right on your own hardware.

🛡️ KEY FEATURES: • Real-Time Network Interception: Dynamically drops hidden requests to connect.facebook.net, tracking pixels, and conversion APIs before they can profile your habits. • Per-Tab Analytics: The toolbar badge counter isolates data, tracking and displaying blocked elements strictly for the page you are currently viewing. • Active Shield Toggle: Control your protection instantly with a responsive popup switch. • Dark-Mode Grayscale Feedback: The entire user dashboard and native browser toolbar icon shift to a high-contrast black-and-white state when deactivated, providing instant visual confirmation.

⚖️ LEGAL & TRANSPARENCY: Meta Shield is an independent open-source software project. It is completely unaffiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook, Instagram, or any of its subsidiaries.

This tool operates 100% locally and client-side, exercising the user's inherent right to monitor data privacy and filter network packet execution on their own personal hardware. Zero user data is collected, logged, or transmitted.

Full open-source code framework available on GitHub: https://github.com/avgslp/meta-shield

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

LRBC

Daily users:

Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2026-06-18

Version code:

6308381

Creation date:

2026-06-15

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Permissions:

Size:

25.48KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-09

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# 143,541 ▼ 7,374

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#158 in deactivate keyword 8 ▲ 2

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Developed by:

LRBC

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/meta-shield/

Is Meta Shield Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Meta Shield requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Meta Shield is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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