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Isn't that overkill? EFF Privacy Badger states that it's a one-extension solution rather than having ghostery, adblock + others: https://www.eff.org/privacybadg

Isn't that overkill? EFF Privacy Badger states that it's a one-extension solution rather than having ghostery, adblock + others: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger (2nd FAQ) I've never tried Privacy Badger myself, what's your reasoning for having both? Is it not quite as all-encompassing as it claims?

sp332 10y ago
It's an anti-tracking extension, not an adblocker. uBlock Origin lets you sign up to custom lists and make custom rules which can include cosmetic filters. These are helpful for removing things from view even if they get loaded by your browser, which is darn convenient even though it's useless for preventing tracking.
- EGreg 10y ago
  With fingerprinting, what's the point of all this? Browsers and Internet commections now have enough discoverable stuff via HTTP and JS to identify users uniquely enough that in 99% of cases the user's session can really get a unique id! Across publishers! Without third party cookies!!
  - sp332 10y ago
    Making it less reliable means the targeted ads are worth less money. Making it more difficult means it's less likely to be profitable.
  - Balgair 10y ago
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-...
    - EGreg 10y ago
      That's great, but once you factor in all the people who downloaded this plugin and are otherwise slightly harder to fingerprint, it's still 99% accurate! So now what?
      - Balgair 10y ago
        I don't understand your logic here
        tormeh 10y ago
        There's more to profiling than profiles. Local network topology, for example.
        Balgair 10y ago
        Ahhh, got it. Any suggestions then?
        EGreg 10y ago
        I was saying the number of people who install a plugin that varies the user agent is tiny, and even then there are other ways to detect (just check out the lists of things, screen sizes etc.) And the big picture is, regardless of these small imperfections, a digital fingerprint is over 95% accurate! So that's very valuable!

sp332 10y ago

It's an anti-tracking extension, not an adblocker. uBlock Origin lets you sign up to custom lists and make custom rules which can include cosmetic filters. These are helpful for removing things from view even if they get loaded by your browser, which is darn convenient even though it's useless for preventing tracking.

EGreg 10y ago
With fingerprinting, what's the point of all this? Browsers and Internet commections now have enough discoverable stuff via HTTP and JS to identify users uniquely enough that in 99% of cases the user's session can really get a unique id! Across publishers! Without third party cookies!!
- sp332 10y ago
  Making it less reliable means the targeted ads are worth less money. Making it more difficult means it's less likely to be profitable.
- Balgair 10y ago
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-...
  - EGreg 10y ago
    That's great, but once you factor in all the people who downloaded this plugin and are otherwise slightly harder to fingerprint, it's still 99% accurate! So now what?
    - Balgair 10y ago
      I don't understand your logic here
      - tormeh 10y ago
        There's more to profiling than profiles. Local network topology, for example.
        Balgair 10y ago
        Ahhh, got it. Any suggestions then?
      - EGreg 10y ago
        I was saying the number of people who install a plugin that varies the user agent is tiny, and even then there are other ways to detect (just check out the lists of things, screen sizes etc.) And the big picture is, regardless of these small imperfections, a digital fingerprint is over 95% accurate! So that's very valuable!