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I recommend Privacy Badger, sponsored by the EFF, which is supposed to block trackers. I prefer it over Ghostery, which is backed by some company. uBlock Origi
by julioneander 8y ago
I recommend Privacy Badger, sponsored by the EFF, which is supposed to block trackers. I prefer it over Ghostery, which is backed by some company.
uBlock Origin is great for blocking Ads though. If you really need to block scripts, there's NoScript.
I recommend using at least the adblocker and the tracker blocker, even if only to reduce memory usage of the browser and take back a couple of CPU cycles from your computer stolen by pesky ads.
- cheeze 8y agoNot to mention that ghostery used to sell your data to advertisers. I think they stopped, but how ironic can it get!?
- MandieD 8y agouBlock Origin + Privacy Badger are my combo of choice. They play nicely together, and are easy enough to deal with that my non-web-savvy father-in-law surfs comfortably with them. Privacy Badger's most glaring weakness is that it takes a new install of the plugin awhile to learn that Facebook, fbcdn, etc are up to no good, but once it catches on, it’s great.
- millak 8y agoI've always wondered how well Privacy Badger works if you also have third-party cookies disabled - is there any benefit in that case?
- redwall_hp 8y agoPrivacy Badger is also based on AdBlock Plus's code, which is a weakness in itself. The entire reason uBlock Origin exists is because of inefficiencies with ABP that the author thought could be avoided. I just check the privacy list options in uBlock Origin. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-effic...