Privacy Badger

Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

Privacy Badger: Automatic Blocker of Invisible Trackers

Privacy Badger is a Chrome extension developed by the EFF. It's an automatic blocker that learns and blocks invisible trackers, offering enhanced internet privacy. It achieves this by sending 'Global Privacy Control' and 'Do Not Track' signals and opts users out of data sharing and selling. In addition, it replaces potential trackers with click-to-activate placeholders, removes outgoing link click tracking on social media platforms, and continues to develop more privacy protections. Notably, Privacy Badger does not share user browsing data unless the user chooses to share it.

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By: https://www.eff.org

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 4.41

(1,758)

1 new ratings

Version: 2024.7.17 (Last updated: 2024-12-18)

Creation date: 2020-07-01

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

alarms
declarativeNetRequest
privacy
scripting
storage
tabs
webNavigation
webRequest

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 1.84M

Email: ex*****@eff.org

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 405 ▲ 12

Other rankings

#13 in Privacy & Security

#1 in privacy keyword 51 ▲ 1

#2 in data privacy keyword 38

#7 in chrome keyword 96 ▲ 2

#12 in usage tracker keyword 22

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Other platforms

Privacy Shield (v3.1.5)

4.09

(50) 6,740+

Privacy Badger (v2024.7.17)

4.81

(2,582) 1,555,495+

Privacy Badger (v2024.7.17)

4.80

(116) 415,161+

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Extension summary

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Privacy Badger sends the Global Privacy Control signal (https://globalprivacycontrol.org/) to opt you out of data sharing and selling, and the Do Not Track signal (https://www.eff.org/issues/do-not-track) to tell companies not to track you. If trackers ignore these signals, 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, email [email protected]

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