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Wanted to share the libredirect Firefox plugin, for abandoning Youtube. (libredirect.github.io)

submitted 10 months ago by SamVergeudetZeit@feddit.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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This is a plugin I found recently and really enjoy. It gives you the opportunity to redirect several webpages to alternatives. For example Youtube to FreeTube or Piped. If I search for youtube in Firefox, FreeTube automatically opens and shows me my feed. I like it, I use it, I can recommend it.

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[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's open source, you can ask the author and other users about it too (if you can't read the code yourself)

[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Oh, I'm confident(-ish) in my ability to review the code, but as I understand it I have no way to guarantee that the code that's on github is the code that AMO installs. Plus updates are automatic, so I have no way to ensure that something malicious won't be added anyway.

[–] Sheik@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can build it yourself from source then.

[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can only do that with Firefox Developer, can't you? And IIRC, they self uninstall after a week or something, don't they?

[–] Sheik@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can either install it unsigned with Firefox Developer Edition and it will be permanent. Or you can sign it yourself (you don’t need to publish it on AMO): https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/signing-and-distribution-overview/ and it will work on regular Firefox.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Addon files (.xpi files) are zip packages of the addons. They should contain the script files without obfuscation (I think this is an AMO policy), besides any resources and the addon manifest file.
The only thing that would be harder to inspect I think is webassembly files.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 1 points 10 months ago

I think you can still build the extension package and upload it yourself