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Nice. It works well with other extensions i.e. adblockers - Privacy Badger can significantly increase your privacy online because Adblock does not block invisib

by bobsky 11y ago

Nice. It works well with other extensions i.e. adblockers - Privacy Badger can significantly increase your privacy online because Adblock does not block invisible trackers by default; via FAQ. Another fantastic extension from the EFF team with collaboration from The Tor Project, is HTTPS Everywhere, get it here https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

blinkingled 11y ago
Any idea what's the difference between Privacy Badger and Self Destructing Cookies addon? I would think SDC will also stop any tracking by deleting the cookies?
- swartzcr 11y ago
  Privacy Badger currently detects tracking via regular cookies, HTML5 local storage 'cookies', and canvas fingerprinting, with more methods aimed to be supported in future releases
  - mirimir 11y ago
    What other tracking methods does Privacy Badger plan to block in future releases? One can always test against evercookie.[0] And perhaps EFF could host a trustable demo site, along the lines of Panopticlick. I do get that this is an arms race, and that proprietary methods may be running under the radar, as Verizon's UIDH did for two years.[1] [0] https://github.com/samyk/evercookie/ https://github.com/samyk/evercookie/ [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/30/verizon_uidh_super_cookie_killer/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/30/verizon_uidh_super_c...
    - pde3 11y ago
      As many as we can implement! Pull requests are welcome :) Good starting places for the current heuristics: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/src/heuristicblocking.js#L478 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/sr... https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/master/src/webrequest.js#L358 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/master/sr... https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/src/fingerprinting.js https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/sr...
    - aidenn0 11y ago
      It won't currently block most of the evercookie tests, since it currently only targets 3rd-party tracking.
mtgx 11y ago
Is Privacy Badger still necessary for people that already use ublock and its own tracking filters?
- shkkmo 11y ago
  You can use Privacy Badger on sites that you want to support with ad views (as long as those adds don't track you). A good example of this is many of the webcomics I read. Many of the adds on those sites are for other webcomics, I've found a couple of good new webcomics that way.
  - bitJericho 11y ago
    Much better to simply buy their merchandise instead.
- bitJericho 11y ago
  Yes. I use both ublock origin and privacy badger and for the majority of sites both plugins detect and block stuff.
- pde3 11y ago
  ublock is great software (it didn't exist when we started work on PB!) and so there are only a few things PB will catch that it doesn't. But there are some. For instance, PB will replace widgets such as Tweet and Facebook like buttons with locally hosted, non-tracking variants. And PB may catch new trackers faster than ublock because it uses algorithmic detection rather than requiring a blocklist.

by bobsky 11y ago

blinkingled 11y ago

Any idea what's the difference between Privacy Badger and Self Destructing Cookies addon? I would think SDC will also stop any tracking by deleting the cookies?

swartzcr 11y ago
Privacy Badger currently detects tracking via regular cookies, HTML5 local storage 'cookies', and canvas fingerprinting, with more methods aimed to be supported in future releases
- mirimir 11y ago
  What other tracking methods does Privacy Badger plan to block in future releases? One can always test against evercookie.[0] And perhaps EFF could host a trustable demo site, along the lines of Panopticlick. I do get that this is an arms race, and that proprietary methods may be running under the radar, as Verizon's UIDH did for two years.[1] [0] https://github.com/samyk/evercookie/ https://github.com/samyk/evercookie/ [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/30/verizon_uidh_super_cookie_killer/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/30/verizon_uidh_super_c...
  - pde3 11y ago
    As many as we can implement! Pull requests are welcome :) Good starting places for the current heuristics: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/src/heuristicblocking.js#L478 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/sr... https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/master/src/webrequest.js#L358 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/master/sr... https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/src/fingerprinting.js https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/stable/sr...
  - aidenn0 11y ago
    It won't currently block most of the evercookie tests, since it currently only targets 3rd-party tracking.

mtgx 11y ago

Is Privacy Badger still necessary for people that already use ublock and its own tracking filters?

shkkmo 11y ago
You can use Privacy Badger on sites that you want to support with ad views (as long as those adds don't track you). A good example of this is many of the webcomics I read. Many of the adds on those sites are for other webcomics, I've found a couple of good new webcomics that way.
- bitJericho 11y ago
  Much better to simply buy their merchandise instead.
bitJericho 11y ago
Yes. I use both ublock origin and privacy badger and for the majority of sites both plugins detect and block stuff.
pde3 11y ago
ublock is great software (it didn't exist when we started work on PB!) and so there are only a few things PB will catch that it doesn't. But there are some. For instance, PB will replace widgets such as Tweet and Facebook like buttons with locally hosted, non-tracking variants. And PB may catch new trackers faster than ublock because it uses algorithmic detection rather than requiring a blocklist.