Patchfox

Patchfox

Patchfox is a Secure Scuttlebutt client

What is Patchfox?
Patchfox is a client for the Secure Scuttlebutt decentralized platform, providing a secure and offline-first peer-to-peer social network. It allows users to connect through encrypted messages and logs with global peers.
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Stats
Users: 9 ▼ -2
Version: 2022.2.1 (Last updated: 2022-02-23)
Creation date: 2022-02-23
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • clipboardWrite
  • contextMenus
Size: 10.61M
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Patchfox
Patchfox (v2022.2.1)
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Summary

Patchfox is a client for Secure Scuttlebutt decentralized platform. Secure Scuttlebutt is an offline-first peer to peer decentralized platform that is fostering a more humane social graph. It forms a global cryptographic social network with its peers. Each user is identified by a public key, and publishes a log of signed messages, which other users follow socially. Patchfox is a client for this network.

Safety
Risk impact

Patchfox is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Patchfox has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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