Merlin
Decentraleyes

Decentraleyes

Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.

What is Decentraleyes?
Decentraleyes is an add-on for Edge that focuses on preserving user privacy online. It works by blocking centralized 'free' content delivery networks, thereby preventing their tracking features from exploiting user data. Much of the web relies on these large third-parties to serve content. While blocking ads or trackers doesn't usually cause problems, blocking content networks can break web pages. Decentraleyes solves this by locally serving files, hence cutting out the middleman. It works seamlessly with regular content blockers like uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus, and requires no prior configuration. However, it should be noted that it is not an ultimate solution, but it reduces the amount of information you unknowingly share with content delivery networks.
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Rating: 4.80 (30)
Version: 2.0.19 (Last updated: 2024-03-26)
Creation date: 2022-01-30
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • privacy
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 7.15M
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Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, 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.

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Improves privacy by blocking hidden trackers
  • Enhances security and stability of browsing
  • Complements well with other extensions like uBlock Origin
Cons
  • Difficult user interface, particularly when customizing sites
  • Lack of updates, with the last update being in January 2022
  • Sometimes fails to work correctly with certain JavaScript elements
Most mentioned
  • Complementarity with uBlock Origin
  • Issues with managing customizable trusted sites
  • Performance improvements in loading pages
Recent reviews
This extension provides what nothing else provides.
by Soumyajit, 2021-03-24
Thank you for this extension More people have to know about this extension
by Richard, 2020-12-08
Bien mais la gestion des sites fiables personnalisée est difficile. Il devrait s'inspirer de uBlock Origin. Comme Decentraleyes et uBlock Origin sont complémentaires, je propose qu'ils puissent fusionnent cette liste ?
by Nicolas, 2023-12-12
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Safety
Risk impact

Decentraleyes is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Decentraleyes if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Decentraleyes is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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