Google is collecting a lot of data about how we use the web. The new Google Alarm Firefox addon visually & audibly alerts you whenever your personal information is being sent to Google servers. Click here to install:

No-sound version (workplace-friendly)
is also available: click to install

Chrome extension now available (beta): click to install

No sound version: click to install

Even outside Gmail and YouTube you are constantly sending Google your information through their vast network of “tracking bugs”: Google Analytics, Google AdSense, YouTube embeds, API calls… all of this data can be used to monitor & track your personal web browsing habits.

Google Alarm shows notifications, plays sound effects and keeps running stats about the % of websites you’ve visit with Google bugs present. Stay alert – install Google Alarm today.

Screenshots:

Click here for more images.

Source code: http://github.com/jamiew/google-alarm (MIT licensed)

More information on jamiedubs.com.

Originally developed during FUCK GOOGLE @ Transmediale 2010. Thanks to Evan Roth, Tobias Leingruber and Aram Bartholl for advice & assistance. For more of our creative browser addon work check out ARTZILLA.

Posted by Jamie Dubs on Jul 27.10 to addon, browser, firefox, fuckgoogle, google, privacy   

YO KANYE, WE’RE HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOUR CAPS LOCKS RANTS AND PROUD WE HELPED lowercase your blog posts, but its time to focus on another accident on the Internet: UNWANTED BIEBER MENTIONS.

We’ve developed a series of innovative tools to help cover the lower regions of web pages from unwanted Justin Bieber content. Shave away those Bieber mentions on web sites with our bookmarklet, Firefox Add-on, or JavaScript files.

Click to install the Firefox Add-on to auto-shave Bieber, right-click & add to your bookmarks to trim mentions by hand, or check the code repository for additional options.

UPDATE: Chrome extension now available. (props to Zen Lin)

Code by Greg Leuch
Browse the code on Github
License under MIT License

Posted by Greg Leuch on May 17.10 to Add-on, bookmarklet, censoring, firefox, gleuch, greg leuch, javascript, justin bieber   

From: personas@mozilla.com
Subject: A problem with your Persona submission
Date: January 30, 2010 1:18:22 AM CEST
To: evan[at]evan-roth.com

Best Wishes,
The Personas Team

Make your own:
FireFox Personas: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/
Header: download
Footer: downlad
Text color: #FF00FF
Accent color: #FFF000

Posted by Evan Roth on Feb 05.10 to firefox, fuckgoogle, tm10   

It ain’t “public” space unless you have a right to hack. Let me introduce a series of greasemonkey scripts that turn Google into your free playground…

http://www.gzzglz.com/

Following a great classic work by ZEVS, this script makes all Google logos (including holiday doodles!) “dripping” during your daily surfing.

I know, you even wanna draw “fuck” on Google logos. This script makes it possible. All strokes “drip” of course, and you can change stroke colors by pressing number keys.

You need a larger wall? Then this lets you draw tags on search results! Remove results you don’t need by double-clicking them and make your own wall to draw.

Also here‘s another prototype script I made before, try and see the result!

All codes are in public domain, written by ysugano from Tokyo F.A.T.

Posted by tokyo.fffff.at on Feb 05.10 to firefox, fuckgoogle, greasemonkey, javascript, tokyo f.a.t.   

Evan’s White Glove Tracking project and a selection of FAT projects are currently on display along with some heroes and friends at the Netherlands Media Art Institute’s Versions exhibition.

Versions
Opening Friday, 27 November, 5:00 p.m.
From 28-11-2009 until 06-02-2010
Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, F.A.T.Lab, Martijn Hendriks, JODI, Oliver Laric, NastyNets, Evan Roth, Theodore Watson, a.o.

The install consists of five linux machines running three videos and two Fuckflickr powered slideshows.

Mad props to Jamie for the last minute addition of a slideshow module into Fuckflickr.

Check the two FF slideshows with a midi inspired soundtrack ( requires firefox – make take 10-20 seconds to load )
http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KopyFamoSlides/sort/name/#slideshow
http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KanyeWebst/sort/name/#slideshow

Projects shown:

White Glove Tracking – Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth
http://whiteglovetracking.com

EyeWriter & GML – FAT, OF, GRL
http://eyewriter.org
http://000000book.com

Firefox Addons – FAT & Co.
http://fffff.at/tag/firefox/
Grab the video here: http://fffff.at/nimk/nimk-fat-firefox-loop-6-SM.mp4

RollTube – Theodore Watson
China Channel – Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth & Tobias Leingruber
Pirates of the Amazon – Timo Klok & Tobias Leingruber
Add-Art – Steve Lambert
Tourettes Machine – Theodore Watson
Ctrl F’d – Greg Leuch
Internot – Zachary Lieberman
Artzilla.org – Tobias Leingruber

KopyFamo’ – FAT ( Geraldine Juarez )
http://fffff.at/kopyfamo-free-copyright/
Watch slideshow – requires firefox

Kanye Webst Week – FAT & Co.
http://fffff.at/tag/kanye-west/
Watch slideshow – requires firefox

Posted by Theo Watson on Dec 02.09 to art, exhibition, firefox, gallery, hacking   

With recent mistakes by companies and organizations not knowing how to properly censor online documents, its easy to see why people believe the text they can’t see can’t be read. And with computer illiterate talking heads like Rush Limbaugh or internet illiterate censorship advocates like Ursula von der Leyen, it is easy to befuddle them with the appearance of censored text on the web pages they commonly visit.

A playful experiment in “censoring” a web page by hiding text and images behind blocks.

Try it out on your fffffavorite web pages. Grab the bookmarklet below and drag into the bookmarklet bar (or right-click as ‘Bookmark/Favorite this Link’).

Or mess with your ffffffriends. Download the Firefox extension, install into GreaseMonkey, or grab the JavaScript code and add to your site.

Don’t forget to take screenshots of your fffffavorite Ctrl+F’d web sites. Post ‘em in the comments!

Open-sourced by Greg Leuch. Available on GitHub.

Posted by Greg Leuch on Jul 28.09 to bookmarklet, censoring, ctrl+f'd, extension, firefox, greg leuch, web, zensursula   

Jamiew and tbX are in town to introduce you to Firefox hacking, Javascripts and how-to mess with webpages. So if you wanna hang out with some NYC Resistor and FFFFFat Lab folks and do some cool stuff, shoot an email to tobi ätt tobi-x.com

26-01-09 (tmrw) @ 6pm
NYC Resistor,
397 Bridge Street, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Posted by Tobias Leingruber on Jan 25.09 to Add-on, artzilla.org, bre pettis, firefox, jamiew, nyc resistor, tbx, workshop   

H4x0rs!
It’s getting closer and i’m quite excited about the upcoming event!! Artzilla.org will be a collection / blog about fun and experimental Mozilla (Firefox) add-ons, which are not really welcome on the common “serious” hosts (“useless art”).

For the launch we will through a party on the 13.Dec (Saturday) at Worm Rotterdam (Netherlands, http://wormweb.nl). The evening comes with slick tunes, great presentations and the first Firefox add-on exhibition evarrrrr!!

Participating artists are: Theo Watson, Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth, Dragan Espenschied, Timo Klok, Jamie Wilkinson, Danja Vasiliev and myself.
Special guests: Über net art theorist Florian Cramer and internet activist Hans Bernhard

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFAT!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Tobias Leingruber on Dec 01.08 to Add-on, artzilla, evan, firefox, internet, jdubs, theo   

Experience the censored Chinese internet at home!

The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It’s open source, free and easy.

Watch the fffffat screencast:

This project is currently exhibited at the “Videotage” in Hong Kong (6.10.-4.11.2008)
Two computers are connected to a single keyboard and mouse allowing visitors to control both identical machines at the same time while using just a single input device. The only difference between the two internet terminals is their network connection; one machine is connected to the less restricted internet in Hong Kong, while the other is connected to the internet through a connection point in the mainland of China.





China Channel was developed by Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth and Tobias Leingruber (consulted by LM4K and Jamie Wilkinson.)

Download the CCFF add-on on www.chinachannel.hk and experience the Chinese censorship now!

Posted by Tobias Leingruber on Oct 26.08 to Add-on, Aram Bartholl, CCFF, censorship, China Channel, evan roth, exhibition, extension, firefox, Hong Kong, Installation, internet, mozilla, plugin, Tobias Leingruber, Videotage   

In honor of today’s plummet: Think socialism for the rich is Not OK? Think the US economy is toast whether or not an Epic Failout is passed? Install this Firefox plugin and go visit your favorite economics blog!

Epic Failout!

Shamelessly adapted from someone’s anti-obscenity Greasemonkey script.

Posted by Todd Polenberg on Sep 29.08 to firefox, money