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So, as a completely uninformed user, what's the advantage of Privacy Badger over Ghostery? Or do they complement each other?
by boobsbr 10y ago
So, as a completely uninformed user, what's the advantage of Privacy Badger over Ghostery? Or do they complement each other?
- feelslikefelt 10y agoGhostery doesn't seem to be open-source.
- csmattryder 10y agoGhostery should really be replaced/removed from your machine if you value privacy. I used to be a Ghostery user up until I realised they're playing gamekeeper and poacher. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
- dabber 10y agoFrom the download page: "Although we like Disconnect, Adblock Plus, Ghostery and similar products [...] none of them are exactly what we were looking for. In our testing, all of them required some custom configuration to block non-consensual trackers." "algorithmic and policy methods for detecting and preventing non-consensual tracking" https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger So I think the biggest difference is the algorithm it uses to "learn" what to block as you browse. Edit: Also, it doesn't block all ads. From the same source: "Because Privacy Badger is primarily a privacy tool, not an ad blocker. Our aim is not to block ads, but to prevent non-consensual invasions of people's privacy"