Privacy Badger

by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Security privacy privacy security tracker-blocking ad-blocking anti-tracking web-privacy browsing extension

Quick Look

Privacy Badger intelligently blocks invisible trackers, respects your privacy signals, and enhances your online experience with click-to-activate placeholders and link click tracking removal.

AI Overview

Who is this for?

Individuals concerned about online privacy and being tracked by invisible trackers.

Key Features

→ Automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
→ Sends Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal to opt out of data sharing/selling.
→ Sends Do Not Track (DNT) signal to companies.
→ Replaces trackers with click-to-activate placeholders.
→ Removes outgoing link click tracking on Facebook and Google.

Reviews Analysis

Overall Sentiment

Mostly Positive

Users generally find Privacy Badger effective at blocking trackers and appreciate its automatic learning capabilities and privacy focus, although some experience occasional website breakage.

Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.

What Users Love

✓ Effective automatic tracker blocking
✓ Learns to block trackers
✓ Strong privacy focus (EFF developer)

Points to Consider

× Can sometimes break website functionality
× Initial setup might require tweaking

"It works mostly in the background and just does its job. I'm much more comfortable browsing now."
— A Positive User Review

"Some sites don't load properly when it's enabled, had to disable it for a few common ones."
— A Critical User Review

"The extension provides a good balance between blocking unwanted trackers and ensuring most websites function correctly."
— A Positive User Review

Official Description

From the Developer

Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

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 extension-devs@eff.org

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