Privacy Please is a browser extension that automatically redirects users from major websites to privacy-respecting frontend alternatives. Instead of feeding surveillance capitalism, you get clean access to content without tracking, ads, or engagement profiling.

Enabling/disabling specific sites and changing instances (Youtube video👇🏻)

Comparison Before and After

Privacy Redirect

🔒 What It Does

When you navigate to sites like YouTube, Reddit, Twitter/X, or Google, the extension intercepts the request and redirects you to an open-source frontend. Same content, zero tracking.

Examples:

YouTube → Invidious
Twitter/X → Nitter
Reddit → RedLib
Google Search → SearXNG
TikTok → ProxiTok

The extension supports multiple frontends for each service. You can pick your preferred instance or disable redirection for specific platforms entirely.

✅ Features

Seamless redirection from centralized platforms to FOSS frontends
User-configurable instance selection per service
Enable/disable individual redirect rules from the UI
Lightweight and fast — no telemetry, no bloat
Open-source under AGPL-3.0

🔧 Supported Frontends

| Original Site | Privacy Frontend | Example Instance | |----------------|------------------|------------------| | YouTube | Invidious | https://yewtu.be | | Twitter/X | Nitter | https://nitter.net | | Reddit | RedLib | https://safereddit.com | | TikTok | ProxiTok | https://tok.artemislena.eu | | Instagram | Proxigram | https://proxigram.lunar.icu | | Google Search | SearXNG | https://search.disroot.org | | Medium | Scribe | https://scribe.rip | | Facebook | Mobile site | https://m.facebook.com | | StackOverflow | AnonymousOverflow| https://code.whatever.social | | Tumblr | Priviblur | https://pb.bloat.cat | | Twitch | SafeTwitch | https://safetwitch.drgns.space | | IMDb | LibreMDB | https://libremdb.iket.me | | Quora | Quetre | https://quetre.iket.me | | Google Translate| Lingva Translate| https://lingva.ml | | and more...

🚀 Installation

🦊 Firefox

Firefox Addons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-please/

Download the .xpi file from the Releases section.
Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
Click "Load Temporary Add-on…" and select the manifest.json inside the extracted folder

Permanent installation will be available via addons.mozilla.org once approved.

🧩 Chrome / Chromium

Chrome Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/privacy-please/pelceacokglomngpmedefbnlmmmpnlea

Download the ZIP from the Releases
Extract it somewhere on your disk
Open chrome://extensions and enable Developer Mode
Click Load Unpacked and select the extracted folder

Web Store submission is pending approval. Once live, users will be able to install it directly.

🛡️ Why This Matters

Most modern websites aren't just content platforms — they’re surveillance machines. Even without logging in, you’re being profiled. This extension bypasses the platform’s frontend entirely, reducing your exposure to:

Tracking cookies
Behavioral analytics
Fingerprinting
Ad targeting
UI dark patterns

Instead of patching the surveillance model, this extension replaces it at the source.

🔊 Announcement Video

🧪 Development

Want to modify the rules or extend support to new services? All the redirection logic is stored in rules.json. You can edit it directly and rebuild the extension locally.

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