Crouching Tracker Hidden Chrome extension icon

Crouching Tracker Hidden

👥 5 users
📦 v0.1
💾 11.05KiB
📅 2021-08-03
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Overview

When a webpage shows a link with your email embedded as part of the link, it may be an attempt to track you.

e.g. http://www.example.org/free_stuff?invite=user@example.com

This extension will change the cursor when you mouse over links containing emails to give you a warning that you can be tracked and to proceed with caution.

This tactic has legitimate uses like email verification when signing up for new services, but it can also be used by spammers or phishers that invite you to click on a link which then tells the server that your email address is active and even prefills your email in the webpage so that they look trustworthy.

Tags

Lifestyle/social privacy email lifestyle/social

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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