Little Rat - a browser extension for monitoring other extensions
“Little Rat is an open-source extension designed for network traffic monitoring. Easily view, monitor, and block traffic from other Chrome extensions on a per-extension basis.”
I use it myself and I think it’s a very useful extension for everyone who uses more than just few extensions for different purposes and don’t fully trust them that they send no data as the developer promises, this extension can monitor the network and act as a firewall per-extension basis.
Download (Lite Version | Can’t monitor requests, only block): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/little-rat/oiopkpalpilladnibecobcecijffaflf
Source Code and full version (recommended):
https://github.com/dnakov/little-rat/
(I’m not affliate with the developer in any way and just wanted to share this)
#privacy #browser #chromium #browserextensions @privacyguides @privacy
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But then what do you use to monitor and make sure Little Rat isn’t sending data to somebody?
LOL
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@mrclark @privacyguides @privacy The extension literally can monitor itself 💀 and you can use something like Portmaster.
Yes but it could just lie and hide it’s own traces.
Portmaster is fine, but you won’t be able to make a difference between requests made by an addon (and know which one) or by a website, abd there will be a lot, so it’s not relevant here I think.
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It’s easier to fully vet a single extension than several however-complex extensions.
But also, for firefox there’s a recommened label for those that are actively vetted by Mozilla employees.
Who watches the watchmen?
Who rats the rat?