Decentraleyes

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

Decentraleyes Edge Add-On: Ensuring Online Privacy

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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Add-on stats

Users: 52,980
-1,388
Rating: 4.80
(30)
Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-21)
Creation date: 2022-01-30
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • privacy
  • webNavigation
  • declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
  • webRequest
  • unlimitedStorage
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 7.21M

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# 623 ▼ 11
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Decentraleyes (v3.0.0)
4.75 (226) 100,000
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Decentraleyes (v3.0.0)
4.79 (1,478) 262,647
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Add-on summary

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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

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
  • Essential extension that complements uBlock Origin
  • Improves privacy and security while browsing
  • Saves bandwidth and enhances loading speed
  • Users feel safer and more private
  • High usability and effective for slowing issues on sites like Stack Overflow
Cons
  • Customization options for reliable sites are difficult
  • Outdated technology (relies on AngularJS 1.6.5 from 2017)
  • Requires updates; reported issues with specific JS resources
  • Not functioning properly with certain URLs or content
Most mentioned
  • Great for privacy
  • Combines well with uBlock Origin
  • Effective for improving site load times
  • Needs to be updated
  • Users express high satisfaction with usability
User reviews
Bien mais la gestion des sites fiables personnalisée est difficile et il se base encore sur angularjs 1.6.5 (date de juillet 2017). Comme Decentraleyes et uBlock Origin sont complémentaires, je propose une option de fusionner leur liste dURL fiables.
by Nicolas, 2024-10-28
好
by 354, 2024-10-16
恋恋 你可以做第二个LocalCDN
by Guihong, 2024-07-23
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Decentraleyes requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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