Compare Chrome extensions: Privacy Badger vs Google Hangouts

Stats Privacy Badger Privacy Badger Google Hangouts Google Hangouts
User count 1,000,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.42 3.40
Rating count 1,711 33,665
Last updated 2024-02-06 2022-04-14
Size 1.90M 721.92K
Version 2024.2.6 2022.407.1237.1
Short description
Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers. Hangouts brings conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free.
Full summary

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

Use Hangouts to keep in touch. Message friends, start free video or voice calls, and hop on a conversation with one person or a group.

  • Include all your friends with group chats for up to 150 people.
  • Say more with photos, videos, maps, emoji, stickers, and animated GIFs.Turn any conversation into a free group video call with up to 10 friends.
  • Keep in touch with friends across Android, iOS, and the web, and sync chats across all your devices.
  • Message friends anytime, even if they’re offline.
  • Snooze your notifications so you can respond later.
  • See what you chatted about in the past, including shared photos and your video call history.
  • Keep a record of any conversation for just a short period of time by turning history off.
  • Connect your Google Voice account to make calls, send and receive SMS, and access your voicemail.

Hangouts Chrome extension:

  • Use Hangouts and get notifications as you move from tab to tab in Chrome, or even without a Chrome window open.
  • Position Hangouts anywhere on your screen, even if you have more than one monitor. Keep conversations in a single window or pop out the important ones.
  • View and continue your conversations across devices.
  • Get notifications just once. After you see an alert, it’ll be removed on other devices.
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