FOSS Redirect

Name: FOSS Redirect
Author: kelo

Redirects various sites to their alternative free and open source frontends.

FOSS Redirect - Redirects sites to free and open source alternatives

FOSS Redirect is a Firefox add-on that redirects various sites to their alternative free and open source frontends. Instagram is currently disabled. Icons provided by Icons8.

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Add-on stats

By: kelo

Daily users: 1

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Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2022-09-20)

Version code: 5460421

Creation date: 2022-07-28

Firefox on Android: Yes

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://reddit.com/*
*://www.reddit.com/*
*://np.reddit.com/*
*://amp.reddit.com/*
*://i.reddit.com/*
*://old.reddit.com/*
*://www.old.reddit.com/*

Size: 1.18M

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Ranking

# 118,396 ▼ 59,377

Other rankings

#193 in redirect keyword 23 ▼ 37

Add-on safety

Risk impact

FOSS Redirect requires a lot of sensitive permissions. 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

FOSS Redirect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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