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Alter
Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives
What is Alter?
Alter is a free and open-source Firefox add-on that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, and Medium links to privacy-friendly alternatives such as Invidious, Nitter, Teddit, Bibliogram, and Scribe. It aims to enhance online privacy by providing users with alternative platforms that respect their privacy.
Stats
Stats date:
By:
Sudeep Biswas
Rating:
4.86
(7)
Creation date:
2021-06-07
Weekly download count:
4
Firefox on Android:
No
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- <all_urls>
- storage
Size:
17.08K
Email:
Click to see
URLs:
Website
Risk impact:
High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Chrome-Stats Rank
Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Summary
- Alter tries to redirect you to privacy-friendly alternatives.
- As of now it redirects YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram and Medium links to Invidious, Nitter, Teddit, Bibliogram and Scribe instances respectively.
- It is completely free and open-source software.
- The source code can be found at, https://github.com/w3bdev1/alter
User reviews
Not bad, but I wish there was a button to switch instances. and to be able to add multiple instances to other instances. yeah. that's all I was missing.
by
krokoboy, 2023-09-23
Safety
Risk impact
Alter 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 Alter if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Alter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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