Overview
Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger automatically discovers trackers based on their behavior. Privacy Badger sends the Global Privacy Control signal to opt you out of data sharing and selling, and the Do Not Track signal to tell companies not to track you. If trackers ignore your wishes, Privacy Badger will learn to block them. Besides automatic tracker blocking, Privacy Badger replaces potentially useful trackers (video players, comments widgets, etc.) with click-to-activate placeholders, and removes outgoing link click tracking on Facebook and Google, with more privacy protections on the way. To learn more, see our FAQ at https://privacybadger.org/#faq To get help or to report bugs, please email extension-devs@eff.org. If you have a GitHub account, you can use our GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues *** Why does Privacy Badger need to read and change all my data on the websites I visit? *** When you install Privacy Badger, your browser warns that Privacy Badger can “read and change all your data on the websites you visit”. You are right to be alarmed. You should only install extensions made by organizations you trust. Privacy Badger requires these permissions to do its job of automatically detecting and blocking trackers on all websites you visit. We are not ironically (or unironically) spying on you. For more information, see our Privacy Badger extension permissions explainer: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/blob/master/doc/permissions.md Note that the extension permissions warnings only cover what the extension has access to, not what the extension actually does with what it has access to (such as whether the extension secretly uploads your browsing data to its servers). Privacy Badger will never share data about your browsing unless you choose to share it (by filing a broken site report). For more information, see EFF’s Privacy Policy for Software: https://www.eff.org/code/privacy/policy
Tim HartSep 26, 2024
Been using this for years; one of the first extensions I install on a new machine!
Warren HaldermanSep 23, 2024
A nice, simple, easy-to-use UI. This is some high-quality stuff.
Google UserAug 18, 2024
Seems alright, but leaves annoying placeholders with advertisement written inside them where it blocked the ads (instead of completely eliminating them). PB extension is better than uBlock Lite and Ghostery. But not better than the fully enabled filters with Adguard. Ghostery is updated more frequently than PB. What's not good is how the developer replies to comments with the same scripted response. it consumers a similar amount of browser memory as uBlock Origin (not beta) with all the f... Show more
Electronic Frontier Foundation Software ProjectsDeveloperAug 18, 2024
Privacy Badger is a privacy tool, not an ad blocker. Its aim is not to block ads, but to prevent non-consensual invasions of privacy. If you really dislike ads, install a traditional ad blocker instead of, or in addition to Privacy Badger. Is there a problem with memory use? If there is no problem, why complain? If there is a problem, please email extension-devs@eff.org so we can look into it.
Details
- Version2024.7.17
- UpdatedJuly 18, 2024
- Size1.75MiB
- Languages29 languages
- DeveloperElectronic Frontier FoundationWebsite
815 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94109-7701 USEmail
extension-devs@eff.orgPhone
+1 352-778-2347 - TraderThis developer has identified itself as a trader per the definition from the European Union.
- D-U-N-S110021979
Privacy
This developer declares that your data is
- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
Support
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