Compare Chrome extensions: ModHeader - Modify HTTP headers vs Privacy Badger

Stats ModHeader - Modify HTTP headers ModHeader - Modify HTTP headers Privacy Badger Privacy Badger
User count 700,000+ 1,000,000+
Average rating 3.23 4.42
Rating count 1,011 1,715
Last updated 2024-04-25 2024-02-06
Size 697.34K 1.90M
Version 6.0.8 2024.2.6
Short description
Modify HTTP request headers, response headers, and redirect URLs Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Full summary

The most popular Chrome extension to modify headers and monitor page statistics simultaneously.

** What can ModHeader do?**

  • Add, modify, and remove request and response headers
  • Use ModHeader to set X-Forwarded-For, Authorization, Access-Control-Allow-Origin, Content-Security-Policy, and your custom headers!
  • Modify cookies in request / response header
  • Advanced Content-Security-Policy editor
  • Redirect URL to another
  • Enable header modification by URLs
  • Advanced filtering by tab, tab group, or window

** Why ModHeader **

  • ModHeader is fast, efficient, and light-weight. You can quickly enable/disable header modification with just 1-2 clicks.
  • ModHeader provides you with many convenient features that will help you increase your development velocity with the least amount of frictions. Check out the big list the features below!
  • ModHeader is free to use, with a paid option to unlock even more features.
See more

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