Cleans out a Facebook user's ad preferences and provides a stream of ads that user receives
Fuzzify.me - Clean Facebook Ad Preferences
Fuzzify.me is a browser extension that helps you understand how advertisers target you on Facebook. With one click, it denies advertisers access to the categories Facebook generates about you and provides a stream of the targeted ads you receive over time.
Extension stats
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- storage
- webRequest
- alarms
- *://*.facebook.com/*
Size: 677.89K
Full description: See detailed description
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Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
While this extension helps me clean my Facebook data very quickly, it has two major downsides that most people are probably not aware of:
1) It installs a huge database in the IndexedDB in Chrome. Mine is now over 20 Gb and while this doesn't sound much to you, it seriously affects how much disc space I have left. Why is there so much data needed in their db when all I wanted is to get rid of my data? Doesn't make any sense if it's just stored locally instead, right? Please developer, justify this practice and tell us what is stored in those 20 Gb!
2) When your computer starts, it noticed that Google Chrome quickly eats all my 16 GB of memory I have. It actually goes way beyond that and that means it's storing (reading and writing) to disc. So my MacBook Pro (ok, 6 years old but still the fastest you could buy back then) becomes unusable for the first 5-6 minutes until this stops. I highly suspect that this has something to do with reason no 1 (their large database in IndexedDB).
Lastly, though like I stated this app provides a neat shortcut to Facebook's data deletion screen, the downside of these two (mis-)behaviors is forcing me to uninstall the app.
by
Andreas West, 2019-10-03
Current version has a major memory leak with Chrome Version 72.0.3626.121. Uninstalling until they can address this.
by
Paul, 2019-03-18
Getting more ads now that I had before I installed it - uninstalled.
by
A Google user, 2018-10-01
Extension safety
Risk impact
Fuzzify.me requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. 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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Risk likelihood
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