Jens Oliver Meiert • 6/4/2026

Releasing Middleman Alerter, a Chromium Extension to Warn About Third-Party Reverse Proxies

This article announces the release of Middleman Alerter, a free Chromium browser extension that alerts users when a website routes their traffic through third-party reverse proxies such as Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, and Imperva. The tool aims to increase transparency about third-party access to connection data and page content. It does not collect or share user data, and is part of the IA Defensa family. The article also includes a brief bio of the developer, Jens Oliver Meiert, an engineering lead and open-source contributor.

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