Hacker News Discussion Button

Name: Hacker News Discussion Button
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: Jacob Strieb

Links to the Hacker News discussion for the current page. Preserves privacy.

Hacker News Discussion Button - Firefox Add-on

Hacker News Discussion Button is a Firefox extension that links to the Hacker News discussion for the current webpage. It uses Bloom filters to protect privacy and provides easy navigation to relevant discussions on Hacker News.

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Add-on stats

By: Jacob Strieb

Daily users: 18

Rating: 5.00

(5)

Version: 0.7.0 (Last updated: 2023-01-09)

Version code: 5509364

Creation date: 2020-07-30

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

<all_urls>
tabs
storage
unlimitedStorage

Size: 75.48K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Ranking

# 21,503 ▲ 8

Other rankings

#38 in hacker keyword 58 ▼ 1 #79 in news keyword 82 ▲ 1 #124 in mission keyword 28 ▼ 1 #162 in session keyword 65 ▼ 2

User reviews

by 全民三退解体中共邪教, 2025-03-08

Why does it require access to data for all websites though???

by S., 2021-04-12

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Discussion Button 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

Hacker News Discussion Button 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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