Privacy-eye

Privacy Eye is a browser extension that identifies any trackers used by a website and shows the number and duration of hidden 3rd party cookies - aka "Anatomy of the Internet". It does not block website traffic, or store any user data. The main purpose is to improve internet transparency and raise privacy awareness for non-tech users. Check it out here!

Difference with other privacy tools (PrivacyBadger, uBlock, AdBlock...)

If you are a developer, have you tried to install privacy tools for your non-tech beloved ones? If yes, you are probably familiar with these reactions - "What did you do? All the websites are broken!", "No, I don't need it. I know how to use internet", "Cookies? Trackers? What are you talking about?", "I don't need these gadgets. They are for nerdy people like you"...Before non-tech users really understand how the internet works, advanced tools can only make them feel dumb and irritated.

Privacy Eye is different - it is intuitive and shows the information in the way that not only tech savvy cares but also straightforward to interest normal users. Our beta users told us they enjoyed the new discovery and felt like having secret power. That's what Privacy Eye does - educating people about privacy with respect and fun.

If you want to introduce Privacy Eye to your beloved ones, you can say "Do you want to sneak peek what's behind your favorite news website?"

Getting started

We published it at Chrome WebStore so people can use it right away. No prerequisites needed. Simply download it to your Chrome browser, then you are ready to rock! Download it here for free!

Why is this tool useful?

• Are you a tech guru but so desperate to educate your family & friends about digital data privacy awareness?
• Are you tired of data breach news or want to gain the control back on your data?

If your answer is yes to either of the questions, then this tool is useful for you.

Why did we create this tool?

It came from my personal experience. A close friend asked me why I wanted to work on data privacy. For her, most people do not even care about it. She was not the first one who told me this. Even myself, before getting into the cyber world, I was not that much into data privacy. But I definitely do now. Why? Aristotle knows best the answer - "The more you know, the more you know you don't know!".

Indeed, I am concern about data privacy because I saw a lot of companies tracking users with hundreds of marketing/advertisement cookies, because I saw how vulnerable companies' network could be, because even big companies like Google or Facebook got hacked...After talking with users, we decided to create Privacy Eye, a free and open source tool to "decrypt" the internet and show people easily what's behind each website - an educational tool for privacy awareness. And it aligns with Inpooling's mission - creating an ecosystem for data privacy!

Contributing

We're glad you want to help! Please see our contribution guide.

Getting in touch

Besides using our issue tracker here, you could join the PrivacyEye Developer mailing list.

License

Privacy Eye is licensed under the MIT. See License.

Privacy Eye is a project of Inpooling - Data Privacy Guardian.

About us

Inpooling’s mission is to build a data privacy ecosystem, where consumer privacy and business growth are well balanced and proliferating together! Follow us on Twitter to know more about our data privacy project.