PayWall

Helps tell you what websites use pay walls.

PayWall: Detect paywall news websites

PayWall is an add-on that helps you identify news websites that require a subscription. It turns links green when you search on Google, indicating inaccessible news stories.

Add-on stats

By: ajnauleau
Users: 133
-2
Rating: 1.00
(1)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2020-08-04)
Creation date: 2020-08-03
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://google.com/*
  • webRequest
  • storage
  • *://localhost/*
  • <all_urls>
Size: 1.09M
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

PayWall is an add-on to helps warn you about news websites which require a subscription when viewing their stories.

When searching through Google, links with a hidden paywall will turn green, alerting you about inaccessible news stories.

Add-on safety

Risk impact

PayWall requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

PayWall is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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