Compare Chrome extensions: Password Peek vs Privacy Badger

Stats Password Peek Password Peek Privacy Badger Privacy Badger
User count 3,000+ 1,000,000+
Average rating 3.69 4.42
Rating count 48 1,715
Last updated 2012-04-22 2024-02-06
Size 89.26K 1.90M
Version 1.0 2024.2.6
Short description
Unmask the contents of a password field with a simple click! Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Full summary

If you love deleting your entire password when you make (or suspect that you made) a mistake then this extension is not for you! For the rest of us there is "Password Peek" for Google Chrome. "Password Peek" places a button next to password fields that, when held down will show your password in place of the asterisks allowing you to check it. You can also press the padlock button to keep the password visible allowing you to edit it while seeing it!

How many times have you gone to enter a password into another device but you are unable to remember it as chrome has it saved and automatically inserts it into the password field, obscured of course! Simply use "Password Peek" to show the password!

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