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Chrome extension url is not found (404)

Open FooqX opened this issue 3 years ago • 6 comments

Hello, the chrome extension link says that its not found and shows 404 status code, may you give me the new link?

FooqX avatar Nov 04 '21 08:11 FooqX

ERROR! Privacy Possum down??? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-possum/ommfjecdpepadiafbnidoiggfpbnkfbj

Clemens-Ratte-Polle avatar Nov 10 '21 16:11 Clemens-Ratte-Polle

Google has a history of just getting rid of extensions they don't like or just for no reason, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case.

Just look at what happened to universal bypass on their FAQ:

"Why is Universal Bypass not on the Chrome Web Store? Google took it down for apparently "circumventing paywalls." I have clarified that Universal Bypass is more of an adblocker and asked for details of where paywalls are circumvented, but it's Google, so of course I didn't get a response."

https://universal-bypass.org/faq

nonetrix avatar Nov 30 '21 07:11 nonetrix

Project also seems a bit inactive as well

nonetrix avatar Dec 11 '21 02:12 nonetrix

So the next question is, if I download the package from GitHub, how do I install it in my browser? Is that possible?

jlturriff avatar Mar 16 '22 05:03 jlturriff

So the next question is, if I download the package from GitHub, how do I install it in my browser? Is that possible?

  • Go to chrome://extensions/
  • Enable "Developer mode"
  • Go to https://github.com/cowlicks/privacypossum/tags
  • Download the newest zip
  • Drag and drop into chrome://extensions/

nonetrix avatar Mar 25 '22 23:03 nonetrix

I followed your instructions, but after dropping the .zip file into chrome://extensions, I get this message:

Failed to load extension from: /home/leslie/Downloads/Packages/Non-RPMs/Linux/ChromeBrowser/privacypossum-2019.7.18.zip. Could not unzip extension for install.

jlturriff avatar Mar 26 '22 00:03 jlturriff