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Good Friction

Privacy

A privacy policy that fits on a napkin.

Good Friction is a family of browser extensions that add small interruptions to attention-eating feeds — currently LinkedIn and Reddit. This policy covers every extension in the family.

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01 Data Collection

Good Friction does not collect, store, or transmit any user data. There are no servers to send data to, even if we wanted to.

02 How it works

  • The session timer runs in memory and resets when you close the tab. No history is kept.
  • The pause-gate prompt is generated locally when you reach the end of the feed.
  • Your preferences (timer visibility, pause-gate enabled/disabled) are stored locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local.
  • No analytics. No tracking. No external servers. No network requests.

03 Permissions, explained

  • host_permissions linkedin.com

    Good Friction for LinkedIn needs access to LinkedIn pages to inject the session timer and pause-gate prompt. It only runs on linkedin.com — no background access to other sites.

  • host_permissions www.reddit.com

    Good Friction for Reddit needs access to Reddit pages to inject the session timer and pause-gate prompt. It only runs on www.reddit.com — no background access to other sites.

  • storage local

    Saves your preferences locally in the browser. No cloud storage, no sync server.