etictags

etictags

ETICTAGS, the citizen extension CITIZENSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMEN etictags tag commercial websites with info, advices, alerts from NGOs as Amnesty, achACT & écoconso. The tags contains links to relevant contextual information proposed by NGOs.

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What is etictags?

etictags is a Firefox add-on that tags commercial websites with information, advice, and alerts from NGOs such as Amnesty, achACT, and écoconso. The tags contain links to relevant contextual information provided by the NGOs.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Users: 58 ▼ -1
Rating: 1.00 (1)
Version: 1.0.0.18 (Last updated: 2017-12-23)
Creation date: 2017-02-19
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • storage
  • https://ajax.googleapis.com/
  • https://storage.googleapis.com/
  • http://www.etictags.org/
  • https://www.etictags.org/
Size: 280.79K
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Merlin
Summary

ETICTAGS, the citizen extension CITIZENSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT, the extension tags commercial websites with info, advices, alerts from NGOs as Amnesty, achACT & écoconso. The tags contains links to relevant contextual information proposed by NGOs. The NGOs select the web sites and the brand and/or products to tag. For each, they provide an explanation and a link to relevant and contextual information to their website. For example, when you visit amazon.com, you will see tags about some clothes sold by brands that are not transparent about working conditions of the workers in emerging countries. This description is provided by achACT NGO, based on their analysis. You are invited to sign a letter asking the brand to describe the working conditions.

User reviews
This add-on breaks viewing of XML files. Just take the first example (note.xml) from https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_examples.asp and compare with extension enabled/disabled.
by Amid, 2020-04-25
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Safety
Risk impact

etictags 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 etictags if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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