Supafakeblock

Supafakeblock is composed of a distributed blacklist and a browser extension that allows crowdsourced fraudulent profile reports and augments Facebook group content.

A blacklist of malicious accounts is stored on Supabase using rxdb-supabase. A local copy of the blacklist is synchronized at extension intialization. Profiles are queried against this local copy and are not remote network calls.

The browser extension will montitor Facebook group content and highlights blacklisted profile links including in:

• Group posts, comments, member lists
• Group admin activities, e.g. participation requests
• Any group content in your personal feed

Installation

To install a pre-built extension please see https://github.com/jmcculloch/supafakeblock/wiki/Install

Building

Requirements

• node
• npm
• make
• jq https://jqlang.github.io/jq/ (to parse manifest.json for version)

This project is based on https://github.com/chibat/chrome-extension-typescript-starter but with some Makefile helpers:

• make - builds project in dev mode into dist/
• make watch - watches for changes and builds in real time
• make package - builds project in prod mode and packages project into a versioned zipfile dist/supafakeblock-VERSION.zip

Installing from source

Chrome

At the moment this plugin must be installed manually, as an "unpacked extension".

If this plugin gets enough usage it will be published on the Chrome Web Store and installed as any other extension.

• make
• Open about:extensions
  • Toggle the Developer mode switch in the upper right hand corner
  • Click Load unpacked button
  • Navigate to the directory with unzipped package from earlier step and click the Select button.
• Close and reopen any Facebook tabs or they will be running a previous build.

Firefox

Firefox only allows "unsigned" extensions to be installed on a temporary basis. The extension will not be reloaded next time Firefox restarts

If this plugin gets enough usage it will be published on the Firefox Add Ons and installed as any other extension.

• make package
• Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
  • Click the Load Temporary Add-on... button
  • Select supafakeblock-VERSION.zip and click Open

Safari

With a local build? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯