Explode the Web!

Originally published as a chapter the tutorial has now been updated and improved:

• Install this browser extension (Chrome or Firefox) to explode web pages with third party trackers.
• Read Browser Blowup: Explode Web Pages Containing Third-Party Trackers (2019).
• Follow the new tutorial to learn how to build your own browser extension.

Browser Blowup Tutorial

• 0-Introduction slides
• 1-Hello world! slides
• 2-Architecture and debugging slides
• 3-Working with the DOM slides
• 4-Create the explosion slides
• 5-Examples slides

Credits

Dietrick, Joelle, Gretta Louw, and Owen Mundy. “Browser Blowup: Explode Web Pages Containing Third-Party Trackers.” In Signal Culture Cookbook Vol.2, edited by Jason Bernagozzi, Vol. 2, 2019.

To Do

• Add interaction instructions for console
• Finish part 4
• Align Marp setup with other projects

Privacy Policy

This extension does not collect data.

3rd-party Libraries

This extension uses Disconnect Tracking Services list and the following libraries:

https://github.com/juliangarnier/anime/blob/3.2.0/lib/anime.min.js
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.6.0
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/2.3.4

^These are the official release URLs for Firefox Addon review