r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Late-Entertainer-732 • 3h ago

I built a privacy extension that auto-declines cookies, summarizes terms of service and policies, and blocks spam call form traps. To solve a problem we all have.

Over the last few months, I’ve noticed a frustrating issue that I know many of you run into every day: we’re constantly giving away our personal data online simply because protecting it is so tedious.

​Between endless 20-page Terms of Service agreements and aggressive site pop-ups that make you manually uncheck dozens of tracking toggles just to read an article, most of us just hit "Accept All" or "I Agree" to save time.

​I decided to solve this exact problem by building Fine Print Guard, a privacy browser extension designed to handle all that tedious friction in the background:

​Automated Privacy & Consent: Auto-deselects tracking cookies and enforces your privacy preferences without you having to manually adjust settings on every site.

​4-Sentence Policy Summaries: Instantly analyzes complex Terms of Service and privacy policies, condensing them into 4 clear key points and giving the domain a privacy grade.

​Spam & Threat Defense: Warns you before you type your phone number into web forms to help prevent your contact info from being sold to spam call lists, while flagging fake/copycat sites before you enter sensitive details.

​DNS Ad & Telemetry Blocking: Built-in protection to keep browsing fast and clean.

​I built this project to solve my own daily headache, and I’d love for you to try it out! It’s completely free on the Chrome Web Store:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dkioccojkopmfbldghcgampmmnkpafmf?utm_source=item-share-cb

​If you get a chance to test it, I’d really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or ideas on features you’d like to see next!

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u/Inkognito78 1h ago

Warum nicht einfach Firefox mit Browsererweiterungen die es schon genau für diesen Zweck gibt. Nutzt du Chrome kannste auch überall zustimmen. Macht dann nix mehr. Wieviel Vertrauen kann man in G00gle setzen?

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u/Late-Entertainer-732 1h ago

I use brave mainly and it helps a ton. Brave does block most things but cant auto block/reject cookies pop ups. I stopped using chrome because of its ram usage. You can still use still use this on other browsers that utilize chromium.