Make Facebook Marketplace safer with CrowdShield, a tool for collaborative scam reporting and detection.
CrowdShield is a simple extension designed to complement Facebook's existing tools by enabling users to crowd-report and identify potential scam listings. This lightweight Chrome extension provides a collaborative approach to making Facebook Marketplace a safer space for buyers and sellers.
What Does CrowdShield Do?
Flag Potential Scams: Easily report suspicious listings with one click and contribute to the community’s efforts to reduce fraud.
Stay Informed: Receive notifications when a listing has been flagged as potentially fraudulent by other users.
Community Support: Work together with other users to enhance marketplace safety while supporting Facebook’s own tools.
Why Use CrowdShield?
Collaborative Protection: Strengthen your online shopping experience with community-driven scam reports.
Complementary Tool: Designed to support Facebook’s existing scam prevention features.
Hobby Project: Built as a passion project, CrowdShield offers a user-friendly way to enhance marketplace safety.
Important Notes:
Disclaimer: This extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by Facebook. It’s a user-generated tool, and while it helps identify suspicious listings, the accuracy of reports cannot be guaranteed.
Privacy Policy: CrowdShield only collects the item IDs of reported listings and the IP address of submissions for temporary verification purposes. IP addresses are stored for no longer than 14 days and then deleted. For full details, see the Privacy Policy.
Who Built It?
CrowdShield is a simple, hobby project created by INLineCOMPUTERS, with support from ChatGPT.