Empathy Extension (Kenya)

An extension that helps you care.
What is Empathy Extension (Kenya)?
Empathy Extension (Kenya) is a Chrome extension that replaces words on webpages to increase empathy towards the Garissa massacre. It allows users to care about the tragedy in Garissa, Kenya by changing references to Kenya, black students, and Nairobi with France, white students, and Paris.

Extension stats

By: krahd
Users: 16 ▼ -2
Rating: 5.00 (3)
Version: 0.0.2 (Last updated: 2015-04-15)
Creation date: 2015-04-14
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 87.71K

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Are you struggling to care about the Garissa massacre? Do you feel guilty that you are not really concerned about the killing of 147 students? Do you wish that you cared more, but these students are so far away... and black...

If so, here is Empathy Extension (Kenya) to help you. This simple add-on will replace in every webpage the words "Kenyan", "Kenya", "Africa", "black students", "Nairobi", and "Garissa" with "French", "France", "Europe", "white students", "Paris", and "Lyon".

The news will now look very dramatic to you.

Just click on the Kenyan flag next to the URL bar to turn the extension on and off (and reload the page).

Firefox version available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/empathy-extension-kenya/

Extension safety

Risk impact

Empathy Extension (Kenya) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Empathy Extension (Kenya) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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