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[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago
[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Snake! It's a snake!

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

'Member the F-word history?

[-] bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Privacy mushroom?

[-] alt@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 year ago

Am I wrong to assume that this doesn't add anything beyond what uBlock on medium mode does already? Except (perhaps) ease-of-use and the blocking of first-party trackers; if those even exist*.

Don't get me wrong; I love EFF's work and their commitment to digital privacy. I just want to understand if I, personally, would need it.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] online@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Currently Privacy Badger will de-mangle Google-mangled links in their search results. You can see it discussed in this episode of Security Now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suT0E53jX40 Here are the show notes (ctrl+f for "badger" and you'll have all the information you need): https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-945-Notes.pdf

I wasn't using it until I saw this so I installed it despite using uBlock Origin.

[-] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=suT0E53jX40

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[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you are good at navigating the web on uBlock Medium Mode, and are okay doing the initial "troubleshooting," to unbreak first time visits to websites, then you probably do not need it. I mean, most trackers won't run without JS. Also, on Medium mode, you get to see most ad companies' domains which you can then just block Globally. You can also use uBlock's selector tool to remove specific parts of a webpage. I find that I use it a lot to remove cookie prompts and others, like YT prompts. So I can use it without having to sign on and remove the anti-adblock prompts.

Albeit there is some overlap, I use still uBlock on Medium Mode along uMatrix since I need a bit more granular control on the sites I use. On top of LibreRedirect to avoid some of the biggest data miners.

You should be fine.

[-] Substance_P@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great! I’d be interested in seeing a somewhat detailed comparison between UBlock Origin and Badger Swarm. I really liked the concept of privacy badger, and it seems like the latest updates may have addressed potential fingerprinting issues and improved its slower organic learning/blocking model. I’m definitely going to check this out. 👍

[-] durablenapkin@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, have just re-installed Privacy Badger (I previously uninstalled it as I use uBlock Origin) and enabled "Learn to block new trackers from your browsing" in options.

[-] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I've run UBO and Privacy Badger side by side for years. There's no harm in having both, as UBO has lots of great features besides tracker blocking (I use the element zapper/blocker almost daily, for instance). They work well together.

[-] marathon@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago

BTW The BRAVE browser has built in tracking prevention without requiring extension overhead. Works better by default in my experience than either of the two mentioned in the post. YMMV though.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[-] DerpyPlayz18@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

WE HAVE COME FOR YOUR TRACKERS

[-] Vexz@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

More like to avoid them even better. :D

[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Just use uBlock Origin, does the same thing but one less extension to fingerprint.

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Badgers never skip leg day

Privacy Badger has recently started blocking Twitter embedding for me (in the past few days). Does anyone know specifically what Twitter is doing to prompt this? For instance, see this thread on the Ukraine war on Daily Kos, which includes a lot of embedded Twitter posts https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/9/2204752/-Ukraine-Invasion-Day-625-RU-may-experience-redeployment-issues

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