Privacy Redirect

Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and more to privacy friendly alternatives.

What is Privacy Redirect?

'Privacy Redirect' is a Chrome extension that makes your internet browsing safer by redirecting social media platforms like Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, as well as Google Maps, to privacy respecting alternatives. This extension allows for setting custom instances and toggling all redirects on or off according to your requirement. The extension supports Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, OpenStreetMap and many more privacy alternatives.

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Extension stats

By: Simon Brazell

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Users: 9,000+

Rating: 4.00 (39)

Version: 1.1.49 (Last updated: 2021-07-25)

Creation date: 2020-06-07

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 59.67K

Email: si*****@brazell.com.au

Ranking

# 10944 ▼ 108

Other rankings

#97 in Social Networking ▼ 1 #8 in redirect keyword 53 #18 in privacy keyword 50 ▲ 4

Other platforms

Privacy Redirect (v1.1.49)

4.55

(110) 2,666+

Privacy Redirect (v1.1.49)

3.50

(2) 1,278+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

★ More Info: ℹ️ • Nitter - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter • Invidious - https://github.com/omarroth/invidious • Bibliogram - https://github.com/cloudrac3r/bibliogram • OpenStreetMap - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org

Allows for setting custom instances, toggling all redirects on/off and more.

The code for this web extension is available on Github - https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect.

★ Donate: 👨🏻‍💻 If you like this extension and are financially able please consider buying me a coffee to show your appreciation and support the continuation of the project.

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User reviews

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Pros

Helps users redirect to alternative video hosting sites and embeds, offering a custom experience.
Simple and easy to use, integrating smoothly into daily workflows.
Users appreciate the idea behind the extension and believe it has potential.

Cons

The extension is no longer maintained, leading to outdated instance lists.
Many of the alternative sites for redirection are down or do not produce results.
It sometimes breaks links or does not redirect as intended.

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