Stop sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.
Ping Blocker Extension
The continued development of Ping Blocker is made possible thanks to the support of awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please check out https://armin.dev/go/patreon
The extension blocks ping requests sent in the background when you click on links. Beacon requests and CSP reports are also blocked.
Verify if ping requests are currently sent by your browser with Ping Spotter.
https://armin.dev/apps/ping-spotter
The developer does not collect any personal data from this extension. Visit the extension's privacy policy for more information.
The extension is also available for Edge and Firefox: https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker#readme
Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests.
https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker
Source Manifest.json
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"manifest_version":3,
"name":"__MSG_extensionName__",
"description":"__MSG_extensionDescription__",
"version":"2.0.0",
"author":"Armin Sebastian",
"homepage_url":"https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker",
"default_locale":"en",
"minimum_chrome_version":"123.0",
"permissions":["storage",
"webRequest",
"declarativeNetRequest"],
"host_permissions":["
"content_security_policy":{"extension_pages":"default-src 'self';"},
"icons":{"16":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-16.png",
"19":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-19.png",
"24":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-24.png",
"32":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-32.png",
"38":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-38.png",
"48":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-48.png",
"64":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-64.png",
"96":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-96.png",
"128":"src/assets/icons/app/icon-128.png"},
"background":{"service_worker":"src/background/script.js"},
"incognito":"split"}
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User reviews
Jeremy Stein (ID: 000000337e1add3c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/20/2020
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