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
Chrome exclusive extension… no thanks
I get it but when 70% of users all use the same browser (or fork thereof) I can’t blame them.
Who monitors the monitors? It’s literally called a RAT.
@voxel
But then what do you use to monitor and make sure Little Rat isn’t sending data to somebody?LOL
@mrclark @privacyguides @privacy The extension literally can monitor itself 💀 and you can use something like Portmaster.
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Isn’t piling on browser extensions generally considered bad practice as it increases your attack surface (bad for security) and makes you more easy to fingerprint (bad for privacy)? This seems like a useful tool to use and then uninstall, but if you don’t fully trust something then you shouldn’t really be installing it at all!
@smeg It seems like you miss the technical knowledge. Let me explain. Bad for security; this extension is so simply made there is basically nothing you could rly exploit and the only thing this extension is able to manage ur other extensions not more. Bad for privacy; it’s not since not every extension can be fingerprinting, only extensions which modify or do things related to the site you access. Websites don’t have by default access to the extensions you have installed.
Nothing is completely secure, I’d just rather not install an extension at all if I think it’s dodgy rather than trust another third party to monitor it.
Websites don’t have by default access to the extensions you have installed
This article implies otherwise, apparently there are multiple different ways to detect installed extensions.
@smeg You basically missread the article and it basically says, what I already mentioned and the extension is completly opensource I even checked the code myself. 🤦♂️
Lol, thanks but “trust me bro” doesn’t count as a security audit
This looks good, hopefully they make a Firefox version.
This looks awesome, need a Firefox version.
@LiveLM I agree, I think more privacy extensions should be avaible for both, Chromium and Firefox.
But who monitors the monitors ?