What is Ping Blocker?

Ping Blocker is a Chrome extension developed by Armin Sebastian, and its main feature is "Stop sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

Ping Blocker is a browser extension that prevents sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.

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 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

Extension Basic Information

Name	Ping Blocker
ID	jkpocifanmihboebfhigkjcdihgfcdnb
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ping-blocker/jkpocifanmihboebfhigkjcdihgfcdnb
Description	Stop sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.
File Size	31.83 KB
Installation Count	1,576
Current Version	1.0.0
Last Updated	2023-09-14
Publish Date	2020-02-02
Rating	5.00/5 Total 4 Ratings
Developer	Armin Sebastian
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker
Help Page URL	https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker/issues
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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