FB Off Trend

Name: FB Off Trend
Author: kimkvn

One day I thought, "Gosh, I sure am tired of glancing at annoying headlines in this 'trending' section on facebook. Wouldn't it be…

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-07-16 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation

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One day I thought, "Gosh, I sure am tired of glancing at annoying headlines in this 'trending' section on facebook. Wouldn't it be great if I were able to hide that section altogether?"

And so I set out to build a Chrome extension, mostly as a fun project, to accomplish this goal.

I took it one step further and replaced the section with a picture of a red panda (1 out of 5 possible photos chosen at random upon each full page reload).

Why red pandas?

Red pandas are dope.

2016-Aug-30:

Manifest referencing non-existent background script. 2016-Aug-29: At launch, clicking the browser-action icon takes users to the Extensions settings page in Chrome. In a future update, I plan on implementing a toggle action inside the popup itself, without having to go all the way to the extension settings page.

Extension

By:

kimkvn

Users:

Version:

0.2 Last updated: 2016-08-30

Creation date:

2016-08-30

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
storage

Size:

532.00KB

Email:

ki*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

3 years ago

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FB Off Trend requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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FB Off Trend is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.