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Good options for real privacy: Privacy Badger from EFF The extension is designed to automatically protect your privacy from third party trackers that load invi

by jelv 11y ago

Good options for real privacy: Privacy Badger from EFF The extension is designed to automatically protect your privacy from third party trackers that load invisibly when you browse the web. We send the Do Not Track header with each request, and our extension evaluates the likelihood that you are still being tracked. If the algorithm deems the likelihood is too high, we automatically block your request from being sent to the domain. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pke... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/privacy-badger-firefox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/privacy-badger-f... or Ghostery from Ghostery, Inc Block over 2300 request from Advertising, Analytics, Beacons, Privacy and Widgets lists. Quick, easy to use and configure. There business model isn't all that great, it's selling data to advertisers if you want to optin for that. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdf... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=se... There are others but they all have a downside. AdBlock (Plus) but has terrible business model which let advertisers buy back adds, uBlock (Origin) super quick AdBlock fork but with terrible interface and Disconnect which also has a terrible interface.

plorg 11y ago
It takes a bit of learning upfront, but uBlock's Advanced User interface[0] is actually quite good if you're looking for NoScript-style site-by-site configuration. It's certainly not going to work for all users, but it's worth a look if you can grok the interface. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-features https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature...
hahainternet 11y ago
> AdBlock (Plus) but has terrible business model which let advertisers buy back adds How is that terrible? (this is not their business model in reality) Do you not agree that by using these features you deprive sites of revenue? Adblock believe that unintrusive ads should be permitted to allow free sites to remain free. This is a perfectly reasonable position to take and it is unfair of you to attack them.
- rchmura 11y ago
  Adblock is unfair because the "unintrusive ads" aren't that - they are just "companies who have paid more to have their ads shown - ads". I would say that's both unfair and terrible because a) it disavantages smaller players in the ad market (decrease in choice is bad). b) Who determines which ads are "unintrusive"? - that's a qualitative property. But then again it has become a product that does not do that - it's not actually blocking ads now.
  - hahainternet 11y ago
    > a) it disavantages smaller players in the ad market How? > b) Who determines which ads are "unintrusive"? Adblock
    - EStudley 11y ago
      Adblock was recently sold to an undisclosed buyer[1]. They told users of the switch the same day they started the "Acceptable Ads" program. I don't want someone I don't know controlling which ads bypass my ad blocker.. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-gets-sold-acceptable-ads-2015-10?r=UK&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-gets-sold-acceptable-...
      - hahainternet 11y ago
        > I don't want someone I don't know controlling which ads bypass my ad blocker.. Then I think your only option to remain logically consistent is to not install any ad blocker.
        rchmura 11y ago
        I think there is a big difference here between distinguishing "is this an ad? y/n" vs "is this an allowed ad? y/n"
        jodrellblank 11y ago
        Because what people want from an ad-blocker is an affirmation of their logical consistency, and not "blocked ads". Uh huh.
babuskov 11y ago
I'm using RequestPolicy. No downsides I'm aware of?
gorhill 11y ago
> uBlock (Origin) super quick AdBlock fork uBlock Origin was written from scratch, it's not a fork of AdBlock. > with terrible interface I disagree. Out of the box, the UI is mostly a big button to toggle it on/off on a per-site basis, suitable for all users. Advanced users can have access to a point-and-click firewall (including with per-site rules), I can't think of anyway to make it simpler, and this is a feature that most other "blockers" do not even have.

by jelv 11y ago

plorg 11y ago

It takes a bit of learning upfront, but uBlock's Advanced User interface[0] is actually quite good if you're looking for NoScript-style site-by-site configuration. It's certainly not going to work for all users, but it's worth a look if you can grok the interface. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-features https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature...

hahainternet 11y ago

> AdBlock (Plus) but has terrible business model which let advertisers buy back adds How is that terrible? (this is not their business model in reality) Do you not agree that by using these features you deprive sites of revenue? Adblock believe that unintrusive ads should be permitted to allow free sites to remain free. This is a perfectly reasonable position to take and it is unfair of you to attack them.

rchmura 11y ago
Adblock is unfair because the "unintrusive ads" aren't that - they are just "companies who have paid more to have their ads shown - ads". I would say that's both unfair and terrible because a) it disavantages smaller players in the ad market (decrease in choice is bad). b) Who determines which ads are "unintrusive"? - that's a qualitative property. But then again it has become a product that does not do that - it's not actually blocking ads now.
- hahainternet 11y ago
  > a) it disavantages smaller players in the ad market How? > b) Who determines which ads are "unintrusive"? Adblock
  - EStudley 11y ago
    Adblock was recently sold to an undisclosed buyer[1]. They told users of the switch the same day they started the "Acceptable Ads" program. I don't want someone I don't know controlling which ads bypass my ad blocker.. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-gets-sold-acceptable-ads-2015-10?r=UK&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-gets-sold-acceptable-...
    - hahainternet 11y ago
      > I don't want someone I don't know controlling which ads bypass my ad blocker.. Then I think your only option to remain logically consistent is to not install any ad blocker.
      - rchmura 11y ago
        I think there is a big difference here between distinguishing "is this an ad? y/n" vs "is this an allowed ad? y/n"
      - jodrellblank 11y ago
        Because what people want from an ad-blocker is an affirmation of their logical consistency, and not "blocked ads". Uh huh.

babuskov 11y ago

I'm using RequestPolicy. No downsides I'm aware of?

gorhill 11y ago

> uBlock (Origin) super quick AdBlock fork uBlock Origin was written from scratch, it's not a fork of AdBlock. > with terrible interface I disagree. Out of the box, the UI is mostly a big button to toggle it on/off on a per-site basis, suitable for all users. Advanced users can have access to a point-and-click firewall (including with per-site rules), I can't think of anyway to make it simpler, and this is a feature that most other "blockers" do not even have.