Lightbeam for Firefox README

This is an add-on for Firefox that helps to visualize sites that may be tracking you around the internet. The add-on is available from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightbeam/.

Prerequisites

• Mozilla Add-on SDK
• Firefox 18 or higher.

If you only want to see the demo, you don't need any of these; all you need is a modern browser.

Quick Start

First, install the Mozilla Add-on SDK if you haven't already. We recommend using the latest development version, which you can simply clone from Github.

Once it's installed, activate it in a command line terminal:

cd addon-sdk
source bin/activate

Then, check out the Lightbeam repository and enter it (do this where you want the lightbeam directory, not in the addon-sdk directory):

git clone git://github.com/mozilla/lightbeam.git
cd lightbeam

Finally, run:

cfx run

This will start Firefox with a temporary profile that has Lightbeam installed. Just click on the Lightbeam icon at the bottom-right of the browser window to open the web front-end.

At this point, any changes you make to the web front-end simply require reloading the tab containing it. Changing the add-on, however, will require quitting Firefox and running cfx run again.

Software Used

The following software is bundled with the repository and doesn't need to be manually obtained.

• D3
• jQuery

Data Used

Contained within the repository is a JSON file listing all public trackers on the internet. It came with the TrackerBlock add-on.

LICENSE

All files that are part of this project are covered by the following license, except where explicitly noted.

Version: MPL 2.0/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1

The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
License.

The Original Code is Lightbeam.

The Initial Developer of the Original Code is the Mozilla Foundation.

Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2010
the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.

Contributor(s):

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