Privacy Redirect
Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and more to privacy friendly alternatives.
Privacy Redirect: Protect Your Online Activity
'Privacy Redirect' is a Firefox extension designed with the aim of protecting your online privacy. It automatically redirects requests from social media platforms, such as Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Google Maps, towards more secure and privacy-oriented alternatives, like Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, and OpenStreetMap. Additionally, the add-on provides options for setting custom instances, toggling all redirects on/off, and more.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 232
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- <all_urls>
Size: 65.15K
Email: si*****@brazell.com.au
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Add-on summary
Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives - Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, & OpenStreetMap.
Allows for setting custom instances, toggling all redirects on/off and more.
★ More Info: ℹ️
The code for this web extension is available on Github.★ Donate: 👨🏻💻 If you like this extension and are financially able please consider buying me a coffee ☕️ to show your appreciation and support the continuation of the project.
★ What's New in This Version (v1.1.49) 🆕
- Add Wikiless support.
- Italian translation fix.
- Redirect Norwegian Google Translate.
- Instance changes.
- See commit history for full list of changes.
- A big thank you to everyone who submitted PRs!
- Please note, access to all website navigation events ( all URLs), not just the target domains, is required to allow embedded video redirects to occur. At this time I know of no other way to achieve iframe redirects, happy to hear some suggestions on this though 🙂
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great extension that simplifies managing redirects for sites like Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube.
- Users appreciate the ability to customize settings and use any URL for redirection.
- Works on different browsers like Icecat and Waterfox.
Cons
- Many redirects do not work, leading to frustration among users.
- The add-on is no longer maintained, which raises concerns about its reliability.
- Redirects often do not respect browser autoplay settings.
Most mentioned
- The add-on has been forked and continued in the form of LibRedirect.
- Instances used for redirection sometimes lead to dead or insecure sites.
- Users encounter unwanted redirects to domains that the add-on is supposed to avoid.
User reviews
by Gary Gary, 2024-12-14
by kujaw, 2024-08-14
by Wallamander Hucklebee, 2024-03-29
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Privacy Redirect requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Privacy Redirect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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