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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 1088569" data-attributes="member: 71262"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Privacy Badger is a tracking prevention extension that just happens to block some ads when served in a 3rd party context. It's developed by the <a href="https://privacybadger.org/" target="_blank">Electronic Freedom Foundation</a>. Here's a brief overview of its features. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">General privacy settings enabled by default upon installation</span></p><ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Privacy Badger receives <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/privacy-badger-learns-block-ever-more-trackers" target="_blank">periodic learning updates</a> from <a href="https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett" target="_blank">Badger Sett</a>, EFF's Badger training project. This “remote learning” automatically discovers trackers present on thousands of the most popular sites on the Web.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Shows count of trackers.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Sends websites the "<a href="https://globalprivacycontrol.org/" target="_blank">Global Privacy Control</a>" and "<a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/do-not-track" target="_blank">Do Not Track</a>" signals and checks if <a href="https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/faq#What-is-a-third-party-tracker" target="_blank">third-party domains</a> comply with <a href="https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy" target="_blank">EFF's Do Not Track policy</a>.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Prevents sites from tracking which links you click ("hyperlink auditing").</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Disables prefetching.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Disables sending web addresses you visit to Google. This disables suggestions for similar pages when a page can't be found.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Widget replacement - When blocking social buttons and other potentially useful (video, audio, comments) widgets, Privacy Badger can replace them with click-to-activate placeholders. For convenience and to address website breakage, users can exclude certain widgets, e.g. Google reCAPTCHA, from a provided list on the extension's settings/options page.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Advanced settings</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Learn to block new trackers from your browsing, with an option to show domains that don't appear to be tracking you.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Other</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Ability to import/export user data either locally and/or with cloud sync, the latter which requiring Firefox or Chrome.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Privacy Badger is a solid tracking prevention set and forget option when used with Chrome, Edge or Firefox for users who:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Want true set and forget simplicity</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Want reduced chances of website breakage</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Don't mind seeing some ads and cookie notices, etc.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Don't care about custom adblocking lists</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Like the idea of the extension developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Like having the option to enable local learning mode</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">NB: Not worth using with Brave or Vivaldi or alongside adblockers like µBO, Ghostery, Adguard, etc.</span></p><p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Recommended Settings</span></p><p></p><p>Some users may want to enable local learning as fingerprinting detection is only theoretically possible and not likely employed, and any previous security concerns were addressed with updates. "Global Privacy Control" and "Do Not Track" are useless and I don't advise enabling these.</p><p>[ATTACH]283587[/ATTACH][ATTACH]283588[/ATTACH][ATTACH]283589[/ATTACH][ATTACH]283590[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Other useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://privacybadger.org/#How-is-Privacy-Badger-different-from-Disconnect%2c-Adblock-Plus%2c-Ghostery%2c-and-other-blocking-extensions" target="_blank">Why Privacy Badger was created</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-work" target="_blank">Protects users automatically</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/privacy-badger-now-fights-more-sneaky-google-tracking" target="_blank">Outgoing link protection</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-handle-social-media-widgets" target="_blank">Widget replacement</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changing-protect-you-better" target="_blank">Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/giving-privacy-badger-jump-start" target="_blank">What is Badger Sett?</a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/privacy-badger-now-fights-more-sneaky-google-tracking" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px">Privacy Badger Now Fights More Sneaky Google Tracking</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues/1299" target="_blank">Community learning</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 1088569, member: 71262"] [SIZE=5]Privacy Badger is a tracking prevention extension that just happens to block some ads when served in a 3rd party context. It's developed by the [URL='https://privacybadger.org/']Electronic Freedom Foundation[/URL]. Here's a brief overview of its features. General privacy settings enabled by default upon installation[/SIZE] [INDENT][LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Privacy Badger receives [URL='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/privacy-badger-learns-block-ever-more-trackers']periodic learning updates[/URL] from [URL='https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett']Badger Sett[/URL], EFF's Badger training project. This “remote learning” automatically discovers trackers present on thousands of the most popular sites on the Web.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Shows count of trackers.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Sends websites the "[URL='https://globalprivacycontrol.org/']Global Privacy Control[/URL]" and "[URL='https://www.eff.org/issues/do-not-track']Do Not Track[/URL]" signals and checks if [URL='https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/faq#What-is-a-third-party-tracker']third-party domains[/URL] comply with [URL='https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy']EFF's Do Not Track policy[/URL].[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Prevents sites from tracking which links you click ("hyperlink auditing").[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Disables prefetching.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Disables sending web addresses you visit to Google. This disables suggestions for similar pages when a page can't be found.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Widget replacement - When blocking social buttons and other potentially useful (video, audio, comments) widgets, Privacy Badger can replace them with click-to-activate placeholders. For convenience and to address website breakage, users can exclude certain widgets, e.g. Google reCAPTCHA, from a provided list on the extension's settings/options page.[/SIZE] [/LIST][/INDENT] [SIZE=5]Advanced settings[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Learn to block new trackers from your browsing, with an option to show domains that don't appear to be tracking you.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=5]Other[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Ability to import/export user data either locally and/or with cloud sync, the latter which requiring Firefox or Chrome.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=4]_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Privacy Badger is a solid tracking prevention set and forget option when used with Chrome, Edge or Firefox for users who:[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Want true set and forget simplicity[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Want reduced chances of website breakage[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Don't mind seeing some ads and cookie notices, etc.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Don't care about custom adblocking lists[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Like the idea of the extension developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Like having the option to enable local learning mode[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=4]NB: Not worth using with Brave or Vivaldi or alongside adblockers like µBO, Ghostery, Adguard, etc.[/SIZE] __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [SIZE=5]Recommended Settings[/SIZE] Some users may want to enable local learning as fingerprinting detection is only theoretically possible and not likely employed, and any previous security concerns were addressed with updates. "Global Privacy Control" and "Do Not Track" are useless and I don't advise enabling these. [ATTACH alt="1717279298157.png"]283587[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="1717279391852.png"]283588[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="1717279459946.png"]283589[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="1717279597703.png"]283590[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5]Other useful links: [URL='https://privacybadger.org/#How-is-Privacy-Badger-different-from-Disconnect%2c-Adblock-Plus%2c-Ghostery%2c-and-other-blocking-extensions']Why Privacy Badger was created[/URL] [URL='https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-work']Protects users automatically[/URL] [URL='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/privacy-badger-now-fights-more-sneaky-google-tracking']Outgoing link protection[/URL] [URL='https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-handle-social-media-widgets']Widget replacement[/URL] [URL='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changing-protect-you-better']Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better[/URL] [URL='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/giving-privacy-badger-jump-start']What is Badger Sett?[/URL][/SIZE] [URL='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/privacy-badger-now-fights-more-sneaky-google-tracking'][SIZE=5]Privacy Badger Now Fights More Sneaky Google Tracking[/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5][URL='https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues/1299']Community learning[/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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