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What are the most useful browser extensions that nobody’s heard of?

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  1. Prepend 12ft.io/ to the URL of any paywalled page, and we'll try our best to remove the paywall and get you access to the article.

    #Productivity #Web App #News 2367 social mentions

  2. archive.is allows you to create a copy of a webpage that will always be up even if the original link is down

    #Bookmark Manager #Productivity #Bookmarks 1185 social mentions

  3. Simple IP address information.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Apple uses the latest industry data to detect VPNs, Tor, proxies, and known compromised hosts, and data centers (vs residential IPs). You can see if your VPN is undetected but I'm positive it's not. https://ipinfo.io/ run the IP address and scroll down to 'privacy:Object,'.

    #IP Data #Geolocation #IP Geolocation 210 social mentions

  4. Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    I run what's called a Pi Hole. - https://pi-hole.net/ - my entire network traffic gets routed through this. It's a way to automatically block ads on everything in your network.

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1185 social mentions

  5. FastForward is a browser extension that allows you to expand the shortened link.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Fastforward, skips thoose "wait for x seconds" pages.

    #Online Services #URL Shortener #Privacy 45 social mentions

  6. Reduce eye strain in your browser with this extension that provides a dark theme for browsing.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Browser Extension #Dark Mode #Developer Tools 183 social mentions

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