The Great Suspender fork without analytics tracking

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Modified version of The Great Suspender Chrome extension without analytics tracking and rogue JavaScript files from an anonymous developer who is now in control of the GitHub source and web store versions. I forked it for my personal use.

Read more

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• New ownership announcement
• New maintainer is probably malicious
• Flagged as malware by Microsoft Edge
• Reddit forum discussion
• Medium article

This project is a fork from v7.1.8 of The Great Suspender with all tracking code removed, along with some annoying popups/prompts.

Build from GitHub

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You will need these dependencies to be installed first:

• openssl
• Node.js
• npm

Steps to follow:

• clone repository
• switch to folder with repository
• run npm install
• run npm run generate-key
• run npm run build
• it should say Done.
• switch to newly created build/zip folder and unzip file that starts with tgs-
• open your Chromium-based web browser
• type chrome://extensions/ in the URL bar
• click on Load unpacked button on the top left
• select recently unpacked zip that starts with tgs-
• setup your extension

Shoutouts

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• This package uses the html2canvas library written by Niklas von Hertzen
• It also uses the IndexedDB wrapper db.js written by Aaron Powell
• Original source from The Great Suspender v7.1.8

TODO

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• Migrate from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3