8 ms·
Gives me some confidence in uBlock & Privacy Badger... The first time I ran it there was 1 site tracking me (adbrain).. I adjusted my PB settings accordingly an
by tomlong 11y ago
Gives me some confidence in uBlock & Privacy Badger... The first time I ran it there was 1 site tracking me (adbrain).. I adjusted my PB settings accordingly and got 0. It's a useful site for calibrating those tools!
http://i.imgur.com/hdReODM.png http://i.imgur.com/hdReODM.png
- salzig 11y agoyou may also consider to switch on: Settings -> Show advanced settings -> Privacy -> Content settings -> Block third-party cookies and site data.
- branchless 11y agoany downsides to this?
- adamwulf 11y agoI've been blocking 3rd party cookies for over a year and haven't noticed any downsides or broken websites.
- kuschku 11y agoGoogle+ Notifications don’t work on any Google sites except for plus.google.com (so you can’t view your notifications on other sites). But that’s it.
- branchless 11y agoThanks guys. Enabled!
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- Someone1234 11y agoBe careful, some sites/services don't function correctly without that set.
- 0xffff2 11y agoSuch as? It's been years since I allowed third party cookies and I've never noticed any issues.
- Someone1234 11y agoI tried disabling it around 2003 and had tons of problems with payment processors (using iFrames) and shared authentication schemes. But after just researching it, it appears things may have improved. Apple made the default for Safari to block third party cookies, so if you want to be Mac/iPhone compatible you de-facto have to not break.
- Washuu 11y agoAmazon Payments will not work with third party cookies turn off. PayPal actually works better than Amazon in that regards.
- peteretep 11y agoIf you're going to the trouble of running Privacy Badger and uBlock, I would have to recommend going the further step and getting Self-Destructing Cookies.
- quaz3l 11y agoIs there a comparable plugin for Chrome? I currently have Tab Cookies, but it doesn't seem to clear local storage.
- JoshMnem 11y agoIf you're concerned about tracking, don't use a browser that was created by a tracking company. :) Google doesn't believe in privacy and they don't want you to be able to block tracking. Just look at the Android permissions system for an example. Also, Firefox is generally faster than Chrome from a user's perspective, because Chrome is optimized to send you to the Google Search results pages where you're supposed to click cleverly-disguised ads on your way to your destination. In contrast, Firefox is designed to send you directly to where you want to go. Try it for a while to see what I mean. (I hope that someone will write a script to compare the amount of time wasted by Chrome's pushing people to Google search results vs. the fast search experience on Firefox where ctrl-l gets you fast, accurate suggestions and ctrl-k gets you search suggestions.) Also, Firefox for Android is the only mobile browser that lets you use add-ons, and adblockers can save over 70% of bandwidth. Self-destructing cookies works on the mobile version too.
- peteretep 11y agoDon't know I'm afraid. I wish someone would build something with a better UI for iOS. At the moment I use 1Blocker with an explicit whitelist and it's a PITA
- chris-at 11y agoI wrote Vanilla Cookie Manager years ago to clear cookies. I've always wanted to clear local storage as well but they have left me hanging since 2011: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78093 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78093
- casey_lang 11y agoWhat's your reason for running both uBlock & Privacy Badger?
- JoshTriplett 11y agoI'm curious about this as well; wouldn't an appropriate filter for uBlock Origin eliminate the need for Privacy Badger, except to detect new things to block?
- JumpCrisscross 11y agoWas running just Ghostery; 126 trackers. Finally came around to installing Adblock Plus; 10 trackers. The advertising industry really needs to pull itself together.