Exodify
Exodify is a browser extension that will show you how many trackers there are in android applications you are looking at in the playstore.
Firefox – Install
Chrome – Install
What it does
This extension includes:
- A content script, "exodify.js" for the play store, that will fetch from exodus REST API the number of trackers in the application and then modify the page to show it.
- A content script, "exodify-sub.js" for Exodus Privacy submit page, that auto fills the search bar with the application ID.
- A browser action, with a popup ("popup/") that shows the trackers name
- A background script that is used to update the toolbar icon number badge
What it shows
- Displays the number of trackers of an app when you visit the detail page of this app, and will display the number of trackers on alternative apps.
- When visiting the 'my apps' page or doing a search, the plugin will decorate all applications on screen with trackers info
- Add direct link to the full report on Exodus Privacy.
- Use toolbar button to get more info about trackers and some statistics, with individual link for each tracker.
How to install from sources
Automated build
Requirement: NodeJS and Grunt
Create a config.json file in the base folder (along side gruntfile.js) and add your api token like this:
{
"apiToken" : "Token <GET_A_TOKEN_FROM_EXODUS_PRIVACY>"
}
Then Run:
> npm install
> npm run package
You will find the packed and unpacked extentions in the dest/
folder.
Manual Install
Download the sources/
folder.
Edit the sources/ep-api.js
and replace the @@API_TOKEN
with your exodify api token (contact them to get one)
In Firefox type about:addons in the URL and click on the wheel icon and 'Install Add-On From File...' and select the manifest.json file in the source folder.
In chrome, type chrome://extensions/ and then 'Load Unpacked' and point to the 'source' folder.