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Growth · May 20, 2020

Privacy Spell

Anonymize sensitive data on your screen with one-click

Privacy Spell launched on May 20, 2020 with 70 votes, #752 of 4,813 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

Privacy Spell is an extension that allows you to take control of what you share by anonymizing sensitive information with 1 single click. When it’s on, it obfuscates automatically personal information such as names, addresses, credit cards and numbers.

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