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Predirect: A manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions to automatically redirect popular sites to privacy friendly frontends

3 years ago by libreom to c/firefox

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A manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions that automatically redirects popular sites to privacy friendly frontends - GitHub - libreom/predirect: A manifest v3 web extension with minimal ...

It supports both links and embeds and is available on firefox for android. List of sites is on github. I'm the main developer so you can ask questions.

Cheradenine 11 points 3 years ago

Thank you very much. This seems like it is in the same vein of the Android app, UntrackMe, which is unfortunately no longer maintained.

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ryantown 8 points 3 years ago

Ah cool. I only just learned about LibRedirect and was hoping for a solution for Firefox on my phone. Thanks for sharing!

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Linus_Torvalds 2 points 3 years ago

Wait, does FF on Android only support Manifest v3 extensions?

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libreom 4 points 3 years ago

No, both manifest v2 and v3, but in earlier versions add-ons had to be vetted by reviewers or manually added to their account collections by users, but from v121,all extensions marked by their devs as compatible are available to everyone https://blog.mozilla.org/...

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sabreW4K3 5 points 3 years ago

Is it a fork of LibRedirect?

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libreom 13 points 3 years ago

No, written from scratch in manifest v3 with minimal permissions

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sabreW4K3 5 points 3 years ago

Nice. What are the benefits over LibRedirect?

Does PreDirect also have instance discovery built in along with the ability to ping services?

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libreom 12 points 3 years ago

Libredirect is a manifest v2 extension (can't be published on chrome store) and has permissions for all_urls, predirect is a manifest v3 extension and only has permissions for necessary domains

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sabreW4K3 4 points 3 years ago

So basically tighter permissions and using newer APIs. As for the Chrome stuff, as a Firefox user posting in a Firefox community, it's of little consequence to me. But I look forward to trying out this extension.

Edit: Tried it and it kinda falls over at the first hurdle. I installed it and then tried to follow links to Tiktok and Instagram only to end up on the official sites.

Also the UI is kinda unstyled. It feels like when you first learn Java.

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libreom 2 points 3 years ago

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NahMarcas 2 points 3 years ago

Jackpot!

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