Partisan Gauge

Name: Partisan Gauge
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Brad Jackson

Determines your 'partisan alignment', based on news sites accessed in your browsing history. The partisan alignment is a score from -5 to +5 on a political spectrum.

Partisan Gauge - Determine Your Political Alignment

Partisan Gauge is a browser extension developed at the University of Melbourne to examine the political alignments of users based on their previously visited news sites. It provides feedback on the quality of news sites visited and tracks changes in political alignment scores over time.

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By: Brad Jackson

Daily users: -

Rating: 4.00

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Version: 0.9 (Last updated: 2020-05-21)

Version code: 5029909

Creation date: 2020-03-19

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

identity
storage
webRequest
history
http://115.146.93.15/*

Size: 422.59K

Email: jb*****@student.unimelb.edu.au

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

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# 130,344 ▲ 458

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Partisan Gauge requires a few 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

Partisan Gauge has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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