[Extension] Decentraleyes - Local emulation of CDNs to prevent tracking

[Arthur]

Helps prevent tracking and makes web pages load faster.

 

Website / Download: Chrome, Firefox (v57+), Firefox (ESR), Opera / Frequently Asked Questions / Source Code

 

A web browser extension that emulates Content Delivery Networks to improve your online privacy. It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment. All of this happens automatically, so no prior configuration is required. Feel free to use the following testing utility to find out if you are properly protected.

 

Protects you against tracking through "free", centralised, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.

 

Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or trackers is usually without issue, however blocking actual content, not unexpectedly, breaks pages. The aim of this add-on is to cut-out the middleman by providing lightning speed delivery of local (bundled) files to improve online privacy.

 

• Protects privacy by evading large delivery networks that claim to offer free services.
  
• Complements regular blockers such as uBlock Origin (recommended), Adblock Plus, et al.
  
• Works directly out of the box; absolutely no prior configuration required.
  

Note: Decentraleyes is no silver bullet, but it does prevent a lot of websites from making you send these kinds of requests. Ultimately, you can make Decentraleyes block requests for any missing CDN resources, too.

 

Am I Currently Protected?

The following testing utility shows you if you are properly protected. It's the recommended and, probably, fastest way to see if this add-on is installed, enabled, and correctly configured.

 

https://decentraleyes.org/test

 

Technical Information

• Supported Networks: Google Hosted Libraries, Microsoft Ajax CDN, CDNJS (Cloudflare), jQuery CDN (MaxCDN), jsDelivr (MaxCDN), Yandex CDN, Baidu CDN, Sina Public Resources, and UpYun Libraries.
  
• Bundled Resources: AngularJS, Backbone.js, Dojo, Ember.js, Ext Core, jQuery, jQuery UI, Modernizr, MooTools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, SWFObject, Underscore.js, and Web Font Loader.
  

 

 

Edited November 18, 2017 by Arthur