2018.06.27

PixelBlock 2 is a Gmail extension that blocks people from tracking when you open/read their emails. A fork of the original.

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Version

2018.06.27

Update

October 3, 2024

Size

156KiB

Developer

PixelBlock 2 Extension

PixelBlock 2 is a Gmail extension that blocks people from tracking when you open or read their emails.

Note: PixelBlock 2 is a fork of the original PixelBlock extension, with small improvements to make it work with the new Gmail Inbox interface.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "PixelBlock 2", "short_name": "PixelBlock 2", "version": "2018.06.27", "permissions": [ "*://*.googleusercontent.com/proxy/*", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking" ], "description": "PixelBlock 2 is a Gmail extension that blocks people from tracking when you open/read their emails. A fork of the original.", "background": { "scripts": ["bg.js"], "persistent": true }, "icons": { "48": "images/logo48.png", "128": "images/logo128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://mail.google.com/*"], "js": ["cs.js"], "run_at":"document_end" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "scripts/*.js", "images/*.png", "styles/*.css" ]}

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User reviews

Sean Kennedy (ID: 000000e611b6f7fa) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/12/2023 Unlike the OG PixelBlock extension, there's no privacy disclosure. No way to know if my email data are being sold. Going back to the original until this is rectified

a lactancia julia zapata (ID: 00000074b548b57e) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 03/01/2020 TENGO QUE PRACTICAR ,PARA OPINAR.

Benjamin Fletcher (ID: 0000001ec24b6b9d) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 11/25/2018 I agree it needs a quick toggle and some more advanced settings (e.g. allowing images from certain domains) so it doesn't block all images (often images in emails are important content). Whether the improved privacy is worth the hassle of disabling and reloading is personal preference; for me it's not, until the extension has finer controls.

David Burgess (ID: 00000062923b47ed) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 09/07/2018 I like what it does, but I wish there was a way to toggle per email rather than just all on or all off. Sometimes I get an email with images in it that I can see anything in and it's a pain to go turn the plugin off, then go back and reload my email and then go turn the plugin back on. A toggle would be SUPER helpful.

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PixelBlock 2