Privacy Badger

Name: Privacy Badger
Rating: 4.8 (129 reviews)
Author: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

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Privacy Badger is a Chrome extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers on websites, enhancing your online privacy without any manual setup. It sends the Global Privacy Control signal to opt you out of data selling and a Do Not Track signal to request companies not to track your activity. If trackers ignore these signals, Privacy Badger learns to block them effectively.

Beyond blocking, Privacy Badger replaces trackers that provide useful functions like video players or comment widgets with click-to-activate placeholders, ensuring functionality while protecting privacy. It also removes outgoing link click tracking on platforms like Facebook and Google, with ongoing improvements to privacy protection. For support or to report issues, users can reach out via email or GitHub.

Add-on

By:

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Users:

455,991 -9,073

Rating:

4.80

(129)

Version:

2025.5.30 Last updated: 2025-05-30

Creation date:

2021-11-23

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
declarativeNetRequest
privacy
scripting
storage
tabs
webNavigation
webRequest

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

1.93MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-13

Ranking

# 183

Other rankings

#57 in Productivity ▼ 1

#6 in Secure browsing

#7 in Get Started

#1 in privacy keyword 52

#15 in data privacy keyword 34 ▼ 2

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Other platforms

Privacy Badger (v2025.5.30)

1,000,000 4.42

(1,834)

Privacy Badger (v2025.5.30)

1,784,095 4.80

(2,854)

User reviews

Privacy Badger is widely praised for its effective tracker and ad-blocking capabilities while preserving website integrity. Users appreciate its trustworthiness and responsive support from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. However, multiple users report initialization problems and errors when using it with Microsoft Edge, as well as occasional minor bugs and the need for manual adjustments on some sites. Overall, it is regarded as a must-have privacy tool despite some edge-specific hiccups.

Pros

Effectively blocks trackers and advertisements, enhancing user privacy.
Minimal to no disruption of website functionality or appearance.
Trusted and regularly maintained by a reputable organization (Electronic Frontier Foundation).
Provides clear information on which trackers are being blocked.
Helpful, responsive support team that addresses issues promptly.

Cons

Occasional issues with initialization in Microsoft Edge, resulting in error messages like 'Privacy Badger failed to initialize'.
Rare bugs causing unintended double-clicks or other minor interface glitches.
Some occasional website compatibility issues requiring manual adjustment or disabling for specific sites.
Inconsistent performance reported on certain platforms or configurations (e.g., Windows 10 with Edge).

Recent reviews

Somehow I still get adds - especially on YouTube. Then there is the problem regarding the User Interface. None of the labels make sense. I really don't know what it means when the app says This can read and change site data. I mean what is this telling me? I'm no computer expert, how am I supposed to know? The app needs to be set up with labels like "Turn off ads". Real simple. Programmers think everyone knows what they know. I don't.

by Br*****, 2025-07-07

Работает хорошо, не перегружен, можно настроить под себя

by Al*****, 2025-06-18

值得信任的插件！用此来监督东方保护伞下的交易，国人更懂国人的隐私，东方纽约的安全问题不是习武工具而是来自隐私滥用至极致的不可信环境

by *****, 2025-06-03

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Privacy Badger requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that an Edge add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Edge add-on reputation on Edge Add-on Store, the amount of time the Edge add-on has been around, and other signals about the Edge add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing an Edge add-on.

Privacy Badger has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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