Link Origin — See Where L Chrome extension icon

Link Origin — See Where L

👥 5 users
📦 v1.0.0
💾 50.84KiB
📅 2025-12-10
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Overview

Ever wonder where a link actually goes before clicking? Link Origin shows you everything about any link, right when you hover over it.

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✨ KEY FEATURES

🔒 Security Insights
• See if a link uses HTTPS or insecure HTTP
• Detect IP addresses instead of domains (phishing red flag)
• Spot suspicious TLDs (.tk, .xyz, etc.)
• Identify internationalized domain names (IDN/Punycode attacks)

🔗 Link Analysis
• Instantly see the base domain
• Detect URL shorteners (bit.ly, t.co, tinyurl, etc.)
• Identify redirect patterns
• Show subdomains clearly

🚀 Shortener Resolution
• Automatically expand shortened URLs
• See the REAL destination before clicking
• Works with 20+ popular shorteners

🧹 Tracking Removal
• Detect tracking parameters (utm_*, fbclid, gclid, etc.)
• One-click copy of clean URLs
• Remove affiliate and analytics junk

🖼️ Rich Previews
• See page title and description
• View thumbnail images
• Know what you're clicking before you click

📥 Download Detection
• Identify file downloads (.exe, .zip, .pdf, etc.)
• See file types at a glance

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🛡️ PRIVACY FIRST

• All processing happens locally in your browser
• NO data is ever sent to our servers
• NO analytics or tracking
• NO account required
• Completely open about what we do

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⚙️ EASY TO USE

1. Install the extension
2. Hover over any link
3. See instant insights
4. Right-click → "Copy clean URL" to share without tracking

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💡 PERFECT FOR

• Security-conscious users
• Privacy advocates
• Researchers & journalists
• Social media users tired of tracking links
• Anyone who wants to know where they're going

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🆓 100% FREE

No premium tiers. No ads. No catches. Just a useful tool that respects your privacy.

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Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you!

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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