Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

Re:Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension f... by Revisor on Friday May 02, 2014 @04:14AM (#7684594)

I would love it if there was a plugin that combined the blacklist part of Disconnect/Ghostery with the learning algorithm of Privacy Badger and the anti-fingerprinting features of Secret Agent.

There are many trackers that are known in advance and there is no need to analyse them. Stop them right away.

New ones crop up, or old ones change domains, watch them and block them.

And randomize my headers so even if cookies are blocked, they can't fingerprint me statistically.

Btw. what is the point of Privacy Badger without the Do Not Track header?

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Re:Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension f... by unhush on Friday May 02, 2014 @02:47PM (#7687380)

The reasons for not using a blacklist in Privacy Badger were philosophical, not technical. I agree it would be more convenient to ship with a blacklist but hopefully the learning algorithm works well enough to be almost-equivalent.

> Btw. what is the point of Privacy Badger without the Do Not Track header?

Not sure I understand. Privacy Badger Alpha currently sets the Do Not Track header on all requests.

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Re:Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension f... by jstalin on Friday May 02, 2014 @10:25AM (#7685832)

Thanks for mentioning Secret Agent. I had looked for a plugin to do that some time ago and couldn't find one. Now I have!

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Re:Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension f... by Revisor on Friday May 02, 2014 @10:34AM (#7685897)

You're welcome. A direct link is here:

https://www.dephormation.org.uk/?page=81

Just bear in mind the default installation can break some pages (Soundcloud) or worsen your user experience (many web sites, Google, Wikipedia or Ars Technica among others, redirect you to the mobile version if you have a certain user agent).

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Re:Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension f... by blueskin_ on Friday May 02, 2014 @04:21AM (#7684609)

Even without DNT, it still blocks tracking cookies, etc.

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