Compare Chrome extensions: We-Row vs Privacy Badger

Stats We-Row We-Row Privacy Badger Privacy Badger
User count 2,000+ 1,000,000+
Average rating 1.83 4.42
Rating count 75 1,715
Last updated 2017-02-16 2024-02-06
Size 74.70K 1.90M
Version 0.2.3 2024.2.6
Short description
Enable your WaterRower to communicate with We-Row Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Full summary

WaterRower‘ We-Row App connects your WaterRower with the internet and enables to train and race against other WaterRower owners all over the world. Simply connect your S4 Monitor with your PC or Laptop. Use the USB-cable that you have received with your WaterRower delivery. Choose a Nickname and fill in the registration form. Your WaterRower is now connected with We-Row.

We-Row allows you to train and store data. Every training or race is displayed with different graphs and information. You are provided with daily, weekly monthly and overall statistics. You can organize public races at a pre-set date and time and allow up to seven more WaterRower owners to race against you.

All race results are being displayed in the public statistics. Alternatively you can train by yourself and get training graphs and training information.

A neat function in the trainings section is called “race against”. You can choose a successfully finished training from the past and race against this training. This allows you to see if you have improved your strength and endurance.

At any time you can invite Rowers that are live on the We-Row platform for a race or organize private races with your friends only. Your profile can be adjusted at any time as well.

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 [email protected]. 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