Compare Chrome extensions: Music vs Privacy Badger

Stats Music Music Privacy Badger Privacy Badger
User count 1,000+ 1,000,000+
Average rating 3.66 4.42
Rating count 29 1,711
Last updated 2014-08-25 2024-02-06
Size 103.42K 1.90M
Version 0.5 2024.2.6
Short description
Launcher for Google Music and other services Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Full summary

Basic music app for launcher subscribed music services such as Google music, Soundcloud, Last.fm, Grooveshark etc.

Ever get peeved when listening to these services through chrome and you clear you cache which means you get logged out and your music stops? Well I royally did, so this simple app takes care of that by launching these services in a separate window meaning that even if you close chrome, your music will keep on playing - happy days!

Latest version (0.5) includes fixes for vertical resizing of the container webview when the main window is resized as well as persisting login status of logged in services.

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 extension-devs@eff.org. 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