Resist the Internet

Name: Resist the Internet
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Claudio Guarnieri

By: Claudio Guarnieri

A (sarcastic) browser extension that enforces a better Internet by redirecting you to privacy-preserving alternatives.

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This is primarily a joke, but a functional one.

"Resist the Internet" is a browser extension that co-opts you in a fight against Surveillance Capitalism. Once installed, the extension will redirect you away from websites of Surveillance Valley and bring you to more privacy-preserving alternatives.

It automatically redirects you to DuckDuckGo instead of Google and translates Google search links to DuckDuckGo. It also automatically translates Google Maps links to OpenStreetMap and Google Translate links to Deepl.

Twitter is redirected to Mastodon. The other redirects are to be discovered.

Pressing the main big raised fist icon will deactivate all the redirects, and instead pressing the CCTV camera icon will reactivate them.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Claudio Guarnieri

Daily users:

Rating:

4.40

(5)

Version:

2.1resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5731422

Creation date:

2018-07-21

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Permissions:

Size:

1.35MB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 68,777 ▼ 230

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#168 in deactivate keyword 9 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

Claudio Guarnieri

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/resist-the-internet/

Website:

https://nex.sx

User Reviews

by An*****, 2020-02-25

I find it actually useful, despite it's supposed to be a joke. I discovered Deepl with this, and appreciate that in the end, you are always in command. It adds a nice semantic to your choices (well if you agree with its vision, which I do).

by St*****, 2018-12-17

@Hula I agree the description could be better, but it is probably part of the surprise. If you are not too lazy, test it! And review it after a test, that would be the normal way to do it. Concerning the extension, yes, it redirect to Duduckgo when you try to go on google.com/.fr or any. You have the choice in the options to block google, facebook or twitter. I don't get the window "resist the internet" through. If someone installs it on someone else's computer or on the family computer, it allows people to stop using google for common searches. Hiding the addon icon in the menu is not even needed, as grandpa and grandma only wants to do some searches.

by PE*****, 2018-12-10

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Is Resist the Internet 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.

Resist the Internet 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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Resist the Internet has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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