newshelper

newshelper

Safeguard news reading experience

What is newshelper?
"News Helper" is a Firefox add-on that uses crowd-sourcing to safeguard your news reading experience by reminding you to be critical when reading dubious or untrue news articles online.
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Stats
By: Wildsky
Users: 15 ▲ 1
Version: 1.6.0 (Last updated: 2017-11-08)
Creation date: 2017-11-08
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
  • http://newshelper.g0v.tw/*
  • https://www.facebook.com/*
  • http://www.facebook.com/*
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 83.95K
Stats date:

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Summary

In this age of flooding misinformation, News Helper use the power of crowd-sourcing to provide a platform for all to report dubious or down-right untrue news articles. Using the browser extension to monitor every news site, the News Helper will timely remind you to keep an critical eye when reading news off the internet. We hope that collectively we can maintain a quality news reading experience online.

Safety
Risk impact

newshelper 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 newshelper if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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