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From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy Badger (www.eff.org)
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The question for me is if Privacy Badger does something that uBlock Origin doesn't

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Guess your just ignorant to the fact that not everyone is as smart or knowlegable as you. One click install compared to flashing custom firmware on router or spending money to get a preflashed one just to not know how to set it up... or for a phone, dns blockers are finicky and break things and again not everyone knows how to troubleshoot it... choice is simple.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Maybe not as simple as a one click install, but you can block things at DNS level using your hosts file

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    How is it productive to ignore those other vectors when it comes to safeguarding your privacy?

    AFAIR, no one is saying ignore those vectors. Tackling one vector out of two is better than tackling none, in particular if you can do it at a privilege level that does not require authorization from the very people you are fighting against, or those who serve them (let's see you eg.: ask your school to block Google Ads).

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I uninstalled badger back when Firefox released cookie isolation. No need to learn about tracking cookies when they're either blocked in the first place, or isolated meaning no cross tracking.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Privacy Badger go beyond blocking cross-site cookies:

    Privacy Badger comes with other advantages like cookie blocking, click-to-activate placeholders for potentially useful tracker widgets (video players, comments widgets, etc.), and outgoing link click tracking removal on Facebook and Google.

    Privacy Badger can detect canvas-based fingerprinting, and will block third party domains that use it. Detection of other forms of fingerprinting and protections against first-party fingerprinting are ongoing projects. Of course, once a domain is blocked by Privacy Badger, it will no longer be able to fingerprint you.

    https://privacybadger.org/#How-is-Privacy-Badger-different-from-Disconnect,-Adblock-Plus,-Ghostery,-and-other-blocking-extensions

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