SWEN

Name: SWEN
Author: Chet Bannerjee

Stop Worrying. Experience Nirvana. Stop reading the News! 'Free' sites monetize YOU. Flip the script - don't buy into the hype.

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Stop Worrying. Experience Nirvana. Have you ever wondered how there are so many 'free' news sites? How do these sites make money? What is their product? YOU are the Product!

Why do news sites do this? What is the motivation? They have to, because, advertising. They need a constant 'look at this flashy thing' gimmick so you visit the site often. The more you visit, the more ad revenue they make. It is a self enforcing feedback loop for all the players involved. Except, in this game, only you are the loser. The news site is happy to sell you 'news', and the advertiser is happy to sell you whatever junk they are peddling.

Stop Worrying. Experience Nirvana. Simply go to your favorite news sites, and let the filter do it's thing. If there are articles that make it through the filter, you will see a list of links from that site. When you click on one of those links, you are shown the article, from the site. Clicking on any other link on the site takes you back to the SWEN article page. Use the SWEN news filter to only show you what is really important. You can use the slider to control how much or how little news you see. Our algorithm gathers news events every fifteen minutes and ranks them based on global importance. The SWEN filter kicks in on most global news sites, and only shows links to articles that match your filter setting.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Chet Bannerjee

Daily users:

Version:

0.0.5 Last updated: 2021-01-15

Version code:

5165398

Creation date:

2021-01-12

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
storage
<all_urls>
https://y02nltj8bd.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/*

Size:

161.41KB

Email:

de*****@cogito-inc.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-11

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 141,734 ▼ 6,178

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Developed by:

Chet Bannerjee

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/swen/

Email:

de*****@cogito-inc.com

Website:

https://getswen.com

Is SWEN Safe?

Risk impact

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SWEN requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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SWEN is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension website URL may be invalid
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