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Here is where you can download the extension Here's the extension zip files that were archived from the Chrome Store. You can get all versions back to 1.0. ht

• spiderfarmer 5y ago
  I didn’t know about this extension but now I do. Thanks FB lawyers.
  • leeoniya 5y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
    • riffic 5y ago
      I didn't know what Barbra Streisand's Malibu residence looked like, but now I do.
      • ludamad 5y ago
        Ah yes, the Streisand Streisand effect, the effect of being the Streisand referred to in the Streisand effect and having your private details brought up in metaconversations
        • ludamad 5y ago
          Re: Streisand effect effect vs Streisand Streisand effect. They both work, I thought of it as Streisand (possessive of specific person) "Streisand effect" (concept). Also the doubling on the left seems beneficially sillier
        • sterlind 5y ago
          it's very satisfying to me that the Streisand Streisand effect is an example of the Streisand effect. It's like F(F(x)) = F(x).
          • kitd 5y ago
            Streisand should counter with a super-injunction, to complete the circle.
          • jraph 5y ago
            Works at least for F(x) = c and F(x) = x (∀c ∈ ℝ) (this is not legal advice)
            • alexdowad 5y ago
              If 'x' is a vector, then it works for a lot of other functions as well (all the projections into a lower-dimensional vector space).
          • jwdunne 5y ago
            “The Streisand effect is idempotent” Only on HN
        • MarcoZavala 5y ago
    • smoyer 5y ago
      Beautiful view from her house but how do you get down to the beach?
      • DoreenMichele 5y ago
        There's typically stairs somewhere in the area for beaches like that.
      • jimmyed 5y ago
        You my friend, haven't been invited to parties at fancy places a lot, have you?
      • numair 5y ago
        The public can walk there from Paradise Cove, which you can access from PCH after Bob Morris lost his big lawsuit. The combination of over-tourism (accelerated by way too many Airbnbs), social media and rising sea levels means that this beach isn’t the beautiful secret it used to be, so ... have a nice time visiting!
    • numair 5y ago
      I lived on Zumirez Drive when this happened (well, actually, on the corner of PCH and Zumirez). I was super-excited to show CaliforniaCoastline.org to all of the neighbors, telling them, “isn’t this cool? We can see our beach on here!” I guess some of the neighbors weren’t as thrilled... That neighborhood was really special and weird. Streisand got a lot of negative press for what she did, but she was also legitimately afraid of stalkers and crazy people. It was a really sad situation to observe. I’ll write something about this at some point, after the other 100 strange stories in the queue.
• SilasX 5y ago
  Chrome doesn't require extensions to be signed? Or hasn't revoked the signature?
  • gnicholas 5y ago
    I could be wrong, but I think you can side-load any extension locally. About 3 years ago Google made it impossible to have users click a link on your website and install that way (which some people referred to as side-loading), but I think you can still enable dev mode and side-load a downloaded file.
    • boogies 5y ago
      At least as of 2 years ago, you could go to chrome://extensions, click a "Dev Mode' toggle in the top right, and sideload a downloaded crx (I know from installing https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/ every time I had to use a Chromebook, it’s banned from the webstore for adding obfuscatory privacy enhancements designed as research by Daniel C. Howe and Helen Nissenbaum to gorhill's great µBlock Origin).
  • gizmo686 5y ago
    The linked instructions involve loading the unpacked extension in developer mode. There isn't really a way of preventing that without crippling the ability of extension developers to develop their own extensions.
    • SilasX 5y ago
      Well, Firefox prevents that unless you download a separate developer version that doesn’t update, and Mozilla insists that’s for security.
      • raxxorrax 5y ago
        The greatest security threat is that browser vendors become increasingly untrustworthy, so a signed app doesn't really say it doesn't exploit you to the maximum of its ability.
• PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  I recommend avoiding all browser extensions unless they come from well-known developers (eg 1Password) and they’re downloaded and installed through official channels. Browser extensions have a lot of access to your browsing activity and can phone home as well. One of the reasons this extension was sent a C&D was that it was sending some data home to the author’s server. That might be what the install instructions above are hinting at with the warning to examine the JS and remove any phone-home code. The original author defended the data collection as just enough to make sure the plug-in was working, except for study participants who apparently submitted much more information through the plug-in. Either way, I wouldn’t rush to install a plug-in that was caught sending any of my social media data to a 3rd-party server. I certainly would not install a browser extension from an unknown 3rd-party website just to spite Facebook, regardless the claimed origin of the code.
  • cryptoegorophy 5y ago
    One of the reasons I stopped using chrome was “extensions” I had 2-3 popular extensions like Adblock and something else. They were leaking information for every page I visited! I contacted the “source” where I saw my information leak but there was no reply and nothing. Either chrome itself leaks that info or one of the popular extensions.
    • mmahemoff 5y ago
      Sure, the extensions ecosystem is a cesspool, but you know you can use Chrome without extensions? If you see bad behaviour from an extension, I would flag it on Chrome store.
      • jordwest 5y ago
        As an extension developer, yes please do this. I get constant offers to "purchase" my extension from shady marketing companies, and it's obviously quite lucrative for them based on some of the offers they're making. If extensions were shut down quickly for shady behavior there wouldn't be a market for it.
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• stevespang 5y ago
  Facebook and Zuckerberg think they can cease and decease - - - and /or turn loose their law dawgs on anybody and everybody they don't agree with . . . the solution ? Share all these apps with Russian hackers, they can sponsor downloads from their side - - Facebook cannot touch them, Russian courts won't cooperate with any Western lawyers - - and if FB lawyers dare to show up over in Russia it's common knowledge they will likely end up face down in the river floating lifeless.
• temp8964 5y ago
  My first impression is that if you need a program to help you unfollow, you seem to have a problem already…
  • MobiusHorizons 5y ago
    I don’t think anyone is arguing with that. It’s just that the problem is not rare (unfortunately)
  • kayxspre 5y ago
    Not really. With the confusing interface Facebook introduced (even the Activities Log where I used to find logged actions more easily), it has become more difficult to find the list of people/pages followed. It's not surprising that they would often look for tools that can simplify the process instead of finding a needle in Facebook's own haystack.